The
Gospel of Saint Flipper
My initial idea with
this comic was of some poor, starving orphan
stumbling upon a magic lamp, whereupon
he wishes to be "smart, loved, and
never have an empty belly again".
So the genie makes him a dolphin.
Douglas Adams' vision that humans aren't
the most intelligent creatures on the planet
seems to come into sharper focus with each
passing day. All our aquatic pals seem
to do is play and eat and screw while us
ape-like creatures plod onward, finding
new and better ways to make each other
unhappy.
Imagine an entire species, one that's quite
intelligent, that doesn't need cell phones
or nose-hair trimmers or religious holidays...
or borders and their constant companion,
border wars. We think our cities and rockets
make us superior to them but, in the end,
cities crumble and rockets crash. The dolphins
may go extinct if climate change alters
the ocean ecology enough that they eventually
starve, or we hunt them to oblivion, but
it'll be
us
apes to blame,
not them.
------------
 While
you await my words of wisdumb you might
like to see my latest comic created
for the good folks at friendlyatheist.com. Every
viewing will bring you that much
closer to Armageddon. Just click the teaser
thumbnail or the jolly red link above.
=Lefty=
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