The fabled Loch Ness Monster has been sighted again! A recent, relatively clear video appears to show a very large, snakelike creature swimming beneath the surface of the Scottish loch, and a British bookmaker has offered a reward of a million pounds (about $1 million) to anyone who can prove that "Nessie" actually exists.
I hope she does, because she's my kind of monster.
I'm a big fan of schlocky, 1950's vintage horror movies, which often featured huge and ungainly monsters that appeared (usually out of the ocean), stomped a large city (usually Tokyo) flat, and then were vanquished by the stalwart team of earnest scientists and no-nonsense military forces. Such films were usually cautionary tales about the dangers of nuclear testing, as most monsters turned out to be harmless creatures turned into hideous monsters (Godzilla, Gorgo, Mothra, The Giant Mantis, The Giant Behemoth, The Amazing Colossal Man, etc, etc) by nuclear radiation.
Those were the good old days.
Today, the hideous monsters that threaten us aren't vulnerable to scientists and armies - they're rigidly bigoted religious fanatics who firmly believe God wants them to kill us if we don't accept the peaceful nature of their perfect religion. They're like the Terminator: they can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And they absolutely will not stop, ever, until we are dead or subject to their religious domination.
I'll take Godzilla any day...there's more of a chance that he'll see reason.
Have a good day. More thoughts tomorrow.
Bilbo
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