This post probably prompted by the fact that I was already in a very bad mood--

I really, truly dislike the way people* look at the 'dark ages'.

There's a show on the History channel right now, about that very subject. I'm tired, so I'm not going to go in depth into why this all bothers me so much-- though I gladly will if anyone asks me in a more coherent moment-- but I truly, truly hate how it's made out to be-- by a channel about HISTORY!-- absolutely nothing but endless, plague- and war- and ignorance-filled horror. It wasn't. Was it a bright and shining period of advancement and enlightenment? No. But it was not, damn it, as 'dark' or dismal as people think. And as for all that-- there is still plague, and war, and ignorance. People still die, there is genocide and hatred and bigotry and cruelty. Even those not actively involved in modern horrors turn a blind eye to it, because it doesn't touch us, and if we just pretend then it's all okay.

Neither are we a bright and shining period of history.







*This post is full of generalizations. It's easier to write that way. Assume I mean 'most'. And that by 'most', I mean 'roughly ninety-nine percent of everyone'.


And tomorrow, I'll tell you about the terrifying carnival I went to last night.