The Gods of the Copybook Headings
I’m not the only one who thought of Rudyard Kipling’s Gods of the Copybook Headings this week. Instapundit also linked to Bruce F. Webster’s photo-illustrated version of the poem.
Bill Whittle also, around 21:00, talks about the desire of evil to pretend to virtue, covering similar issues to those I covered for role-playing games in spotlight on evil. Evil must pretend to be virtuous, and it must pretend that virtue is evil.
Folks, math will have its day. Whether it has its day with terror and slaughter is up to us.
In response to Election 2012: The Long Hot Summer: For election blogging outside of California.
- The Gods of the Copybook Headings: Rudyard Kipling
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We were living in trees when they met us. They showed us each in turn
That Water would certainly wet us, as Fire would certainly burn:
But we found them lacking in Uplift, Vision and Breadth of Mind,
So we left them to teach the Gorillas while we followed the March of Mankind.
- The Gods of Wisdom and Virtue: Bill Whittle at Eject Eject Eject
- Translated from English (British, 1919) to English (American, 2012), Bill Whittle recites Rudyard Kipling’s poem, The Gods of the Copybook Headings. How is Kipling relevant to today’s political and cultural atmosphere? Find out.
- A New Beginning…: Bill Whittle at Eject Eject Eject
- The post-Government world.
- President Obama defeats Math Roundly
- President Obama edged out a two percent victory over Math on Tuesday night, promises perpetual peace, abundance for all.
- Spotlight on: Evil
- No one considers themselves Evil. So how does the Evil moral code relate to the game of Gods & Monsters? How and why do Evil non-player characters act?
- “The Gods of the Copybook Headings” illustrated: Bruce F. Webster at And Still I Persist…
- “I posted this poem here four years ago during the last presidential election—it seems even more relevant now, though for different reasons. Rudyard Kipling was not so much a prophet as an astute observer of human behavior, particularly in a society.” (Hat tip to Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit)
“Go out there and be happy. And if you can’t be happy, act happy, because people are depending on you.” (1:26:26)
November 27 update: added Bill Whittle’s recitation of the poem.