Our present
day racial divide is not about facts and reality but about political control by
the America haters. As a result, each skin
color is forced to dehumanize the other race and ignore our human and American commonality. Should this continue, the damage to our
national unity will mean our demise as a free and independent nation. The average
Joe or Jane finds this nonsensical militant racism just plain ignorant and
crazy.
Some years
ago, we brought a pair of large Dewlap Toulouse geese to 1990 Gibralter Rd. One of the geese died shortly after arriving
because of my inexperience caring for such newborn fowl. Herbert survived, mostly in the house in that
first year. Soon after her first egg, we
recognized our mistaken naming of Herbert but we could not change her name midstream. Gradually she adjusted to life among the
elements and she greeted whomever approached with a challenging goose
noise that the neighbors have to endure.
After a few
years of watching her roam the grounds, seemingly content but alone, I decided
to bring some of her relatives to keep her company. This was mistake number 2! The new arrivals were Large Dewlap Toulouse
geese with a shared ancestry, identical color and plumage but they rejected and refused to befriend
Herbert. To this day, as Herbert approaches, they chase her away, refusing to include her in their little flock. It is sad to watch as she roams the
grounds still without companionship, separated by who knows what.
It would
seem that we humans behave in a similar fashion without cause, each of us comfortable in our
own little flock. Who are we, thinking men and women or geese?
G.Goslaw
Landers, Ca
