Nature Vs. Napalm

I've touched on the nap room aquarium before, but I had an interesting finding regarding the fish inside this afternoon. While sitting and manning the kids in their cots, there's really not much to do except watch either the clock or the fish swimming around in the tank. It's really a beautiful tank. Puts you to sleep if it's in the dark.

I started noticing a pattern in the behavior of all the fish: they hate each other. There's one alpha fish, a dark, white spotted fish that's bigger than all the other fish. All it does is chase and nibble at other fish. Every fish gets chased away from it, no matter where it is in the tank. It doesn't have it's own territory. It just threatens each fish whenever they are in its vicinity. Seriously, I've never thought this about a fish, but that fish is an asshole.

All the other fish have taken on the role this alpha asshole fish hath wrought as the code of the tank. They chase all the other fish away from wherever they are. They don't chase the asshole fish, but they chase all the others. They especially gang up on one particularly ugly fish, coming at it from all sides and nibble away. It's kind of sad.

I think it's also funny that all the kids act this way on the playground. If a kid is around another kid they'll usually steal a ball, hit, throw woodchips, they're dicks to each other. Does Miniapple harbor hostile energy within all creatures, or are all preschools like this? All fish? I have a feeling all creatures are like this wherever you go.

You want to know why war will never cease? Take a look at preschools and other animals locked up in a designated perimeter. The kids have only so far to travel in their exploration. So do we, as relegated by societal rules. Invisible fences. We're all hostile, and we are born with it.

Violence is inherent and ever present.

A Perfect Circle -- "Peace, Love, and Understanding"