WWIV

"I don't know what weapons World War Three will be fought with,

but World War Four will be fought with sticks and stones." - Albert Einstein

Al, you've gotta lighten up!

Be optimistic;

have heart:

World War Four may be fought

with Time Ships

or Zombie Blasters

- or with Ant Bombs

exploding insects in every pore of the enemy.

World War Four may be combated chillily; not hot.

It can be fought with code, or ideology,

or religious doctrine

or mind control software

- you don't know! -

or - or - or it can be computers

theorizing possible human interactions

without us doing a thing.

Really, Al - can I call you Al?

You've got to think this stuff through.

The world is a bright and beautiful place

and we have opportunities never before imagined

as to how we can end our existence.

And I doubt, however bad we might make it for ourselves

we'd ever NEED to resort to devolving

back to the sticks and the stones - NAMES!

We'll war with names...