Oh, Heavens No!

Not The Marauders.......

....again!

A Creative Commentary

By

David A. Archer

02/15/1968

12/17/2006

Our modern day has wrought many wonders.

A person, any person that gives it pause in consideration, must surely stand in awe at the advent of electricity alone. The effect of it upon humanity is nothing less than indescribable.

One of those effects has been the heightening of human traits in some areas. The ease and new heights with which and within which every pleasure imaginable can be experienced.

All a person need do is glance at the window of an adult toy shop to see a grand example of such developments.

Personally, I liken that sort of popularity to what must have been the secret excitement in earlier times - more tribal times I imagine - in the prospect of war and marauders.

In fact, in looking at the developed social consistencies in the modern day, I can really think of no other place it could possibly be more related to than that very pronounced area of human existence.

That secret want even, to be marauded and given the blameless opportunity of and in the exploration of otherwise unapproachable bounds within civilized communities.

There can possibly be no greater reason for warring in that sense, either.

To be the marauder and to be the marauded.

As with any other worth while endeavor, possessing great perils simultaneously with great experiences and expansion of human experience with each generation.

The problem with civilization is that it is becoming harder and harder to be either the marauder or the marauded. Huge illusions and productions have been devised to attempt a compensation of sorts for this void being left with the advance of humanity. As well, some rather notable advances in implements and methods have been brought forward in the unavoidable progress within such human want.

Entire sub cultures have been extended from the earlier onsets of civility with the intention and interest of a continuance of sorts - an area in which to provide the wanted marauding and marauded a semblance of those earlier and more pure versions of such human endeavor.

For some reason within the great progress and development as was the advent of technology, someone managed to include the idea of blame to be continued as well.. which of course then maintained the need for further mutations in accommodating the otherwise innate, former tendencies of social interaction under the guise of justification.

Who was the numb-skull that needed blame to such an extent?

Of course I should reconsider that direction of thought in the fact, as previously mentioned, it served to stimulate entire areas within society. Some of which have even gone on to now have little or no affiliation with the initial intentions of providing that area in which to play out the inherent want to be marauded and to have a reason for having been.

To be conquered. To conquer. Most definitely an incredible and seemingly permanent part of human existence.

How is it though, that such is somehow still the prominent means to achieve such ends?

What if I don't feel like conquering?

Am I then left at the side of humanity, even within the otherwise mind boggling advances of civilization? Just because I may not be willing to play marauder and/or bandito?

Don't get me wrong here. It isn't as though I see myself as some straight laced goody good. I just can't bring myself to see the benefits of such posturing as it wastes the potentials otherwise available.

Is that truly the only reason we as a species have managed the sorts of advances we posture and pose toward? Only to have devised a better game of "Oh, No! Not The Marauders Again! ?"

Some even seeing it as such a popular activity that great efforts are put into manufacturing justification and presumed reason to play Marauders and Marauded.

Heavens, what are we to do?

Why not just dope all of the water supplies with stupid powder, melt the ice caps and call it a day?

Relax and recline in progressive stupidity with the ingestion of a soon to be forgotten chemical additive... and just coast along in the automation we have resigned ourselves to exist within?

The machines will continue to make T.V. dinners, and if the stupid powder is administered just right, most of the shipping and basic interactions can continue - and even become less complicated in the ease of the automation, as our species becomes dumber and less coherent... while of course just soaking up the benefits of self imposed ignorance in various ways - including the ever continued game of Marauders and Marauded!

How could it possibly get better?

I would venture to speculate, that within a matter of days if not moments given the standardization of something such as Marauders and Marauded - and of course given the proper exposure in the media, that the implimentation of such a new sport would bring hordes and droves of people calling that would rival the biggest opennings of anything ever devised within humanity.

How could it possibly get any better?

There could even be championships and accolades.... spots on talk shows and guest appearances on game shows.... the gossip magazines would most definitely experience a growth with the entirely new genre of reporting to be done.

I can see the headlines and content now being along the lines even of predictions and even schedules of where the next big Marauders and Marauded will take place.

The hospitality industry would go crazy with hotel reservations alone!

It just could not get any better! That is, any better for the Marauders and the Marauded.

All others just need to stay in their homes... and enjoy their own use of the effect and result from the stupid powder.

...and of course be sure and stay updated and in tune with the developments of the big game.