Watertight Rules For Living With Others.

Dearest Reader,

As you can tell, I get pissed off with a lot shit that happens in the world and I think that there are several reasons for why this is. Definitely one of them is my age, but the other is that I just get so desperately disappointed with the way humanity fails to live up to its potential.

At our best, we do amazing things that can bring a tear to your eye. We have a passion to explore and to understand and it drives us to fantastical heights. We can be supremely loving, kind and benevolent and when we are, our altruism pays off dividends and life seems to move that bit closer to being one of those ultimate peaceful civilisations that we only see on Star Trek.

But you don't need me to make you a list of examples that show how regularly shitty we can be to each other on a one-to-one basis and worse; as a collective group of thoroughly evil fucktards. Group any number of humans together and IQ's go down as the numbers increase. Call them, 'us' and instantly we have an enemy, 'them'. Give a group a name, The Reds, The Blues, The Brits, The Yanks, The East, The West, The Little People With Ginger Pubes, The Big One-Armed Cyclists With A Penchant For Grilled Cheese Toasties, etc. etc. We've heard them all before. Yes, as soon as we feel we're a part of a group we're eager to start taunting, arguing, punching, kicking, stabbing, shooting, stealing, raping, torturing, murdering, obliterating, warring, nuking the fuck out of each other at the drop of a hat. It's wrong. Stop it.

I'm almost sure that if we ask most people if the aim of humanity is to live in peace and advance beyond imagination, maybe explore the stars and galaxies while we're at it, then they would agree that this is a good goal to set ourselves. Now, ask yourself, dear reader, what do you do as a human being to advance our species? I think that speaking truth is a good start. And the 'Truths' that I speak of are open to debate and change according to the scientific method and logical reasoning. I'm not going to preach the ways and Truths of BimBam The Space Clown (see previous blogs) and then stick my fingers in my ears and go "la la la, not fucking listening" when anyone 'dares' to critique me -that would make me a fuckwit wouldn't it?

So, for your delight and delectation, here's what I think I've found so far, and it seems to be pretty watertight.

• You are an individual, responsible for yourself, responsible for your own actions.
• Other people, animals and things also exist like you do, they had no choice in their existence and should be respected, .
• As best you can, DO NO HARM. To anyone or anything.
• If you find yourself being offended against at the hands, fangs or paws of another, it's ok to defend yourself with reasonable force.
• Brush your teeth regularly with a non-fluoride toothpaste if you can find one (I use Euthymol).
• Don't waft your farts. It's really rude.

So that's it folks. Try it for a while and see how you get on. Let me know.