Happy Friday!

A few quotes that I found fun and interesting, and a short rewrite of a scene from The Lion King...

Puritanism - The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy. -- H. L. Mencken, "A Mencken Chrestomathy"
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People think the information superhighway is fast, but nothing travels faster than word on the street. -- Mark Williams (Richmond, VA, homicide detective), "Crime 360," April 24, 2008
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Heroism, the Caucasian mountaineers say, is endurance for one moment more. -- George F. Kenna, letter (1921)
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Simba - "But don't we EAT zebras?"

Mufasa - "Yes, son, but it really doesn't hurt them when we chase them down and pounce on them, when we slash and bite at their hindquarters until they collapse, or even when we grab their throats in our jaws to smother them slowly while other members of the pride rip open their bellies and start feeding on them before they're completely dead. Good God, Son, it isn't like we execute them with a high-powered rifle or something!"

(Originally written in response to a comment about "the cruelty of hunting." I long ago lost my taste for hunting, though I still enjoy shooting. There are people who hunt for reasons that I think are unhealthy, or in ways that I think are unwise. But in general I have no issue with hunters or their chosen sport.)