independence jive
Crow wants to know: What makes my country think it’s better than all the other countries?
Crow wants to know: Why does my country invade other countries on a regular basis?
Frog rolled his big yellow eyes, finally letting them focus on a point an inch in front of Crow’s beak. And he said:
“It’s like this, Crow. Cuz we live inside of these borders we’re all right. Cuz them other folk live inside of those other borders they’re evil.
Everybody knows it is most honorable to destroy evil.”
Frog started hopping back and forth on his legs as he warmed up.
“If you get hurt while destroying evil we will give you a precious purple medal you can wear with pride, and everyone will know you’re a hero. And if we kill more of them than they kill of us, we get more points…and we win! The more we win, the better we look, the better we feel and the better we ARE. Stronger, bigger and sweeter than we are now!”
Crow cocked his head and watched Frog jumping up and down croaking “Brighter brights! Whiter whites!” and spat out Caw! Caw! Caw!* and with a flutter of black wings he was gone.
* Translation: ‘What — it’s not about the oil?’