Been listening to the audiobook of Watership Down.

It occurred to me that when it's discussed, it's Efrafa that gets most of the attention ... but the Warren of Shining Wires gets kind of glossed over.

Why?

Because that place pretty much sums up modern civilization, and there are certain questions you must not ask in rl as well.

But what leapt out at me this time was the enormous cultural difference between the Sandleford rabbits, and SW ones, how the SW rabbits traded stories about a trickster hero that inspire rabbits to survive against all odds, for miserable, empty, nihilistic nonsense like the poem Silverweed recites .... They felt they no longer needed Frith's promise, when The Man provides food both great and plentiful, and protection from the other 999 ... but they were physically free enough, so they didn't mind the mental shackles they willingly donned ...

Now imagine the transitional period, as it's implied the warren was there first.

Been listening to the audiobook of Watership Down.

It occurred to me that when it's discussed, it's Efrafa that gets most of the attention ... but the Warren of Shining Wires gets kind of glossed over.

Why?

Because that place pretty much sums up modern civilization, and there are certain questions you must not ask in rl as well.

But what leapt out at me this time was the enormous cultural difference between the Sandleford rabbits, and SW ones, how the SW rabbits traded stories about a trickster hero that inspire rabbits to survive against all odds, for miserable, empty, nihilistic nonsense like the poem Silverweed recites .... They felt they no longer needed Frith's promise, when The Man provides food both great and plentiful ... but they were physically free enough, so they didn't mind the mental shackles they willingly donned ...

Now imagine the transitional period, as it's implied the warren was there first.

Been listening to the audiobook of Watership Down.

It occurred to me that when it's discussed, it's Efrafa that gets most of the attention ... but the Warren of Shining Wires gets kind of glossed over.

Why?

Because that place pretty much sums up modern civilization, and there are certain questions you must not ask in rl as well.

But what leapt out at me this time was the enormous cultural difference between the Sandleford rabbits, and SW ones, how the SW rabbits traded stories about a trickster hero that inspires rabbits to survive against all odds, for miserable, empty, nihilistic nonsense like the poem Silverweed recites .... They felt they no longer needed Frith's promise, when The Man provides food both great and plentiful ... but they were physically free enough, so they didn't mind the mental shackles they willingly donned ...

Now imagine the transitional period, as it's implied the warren was there first.

Been listening to the audiobook of Watership Down.

It occurred to me that when it's discussed, it's Efrafa that gets most of the attention ... but the Warren of Shining Wires gets kind of glossed over.

Why?

Because that place pretty much sums up modern civilization, and there are certain questions you must not ask in rl as well.

But what leapt out at me this time was the enormous cultural difference between the Sandleford rabbits, and SW ones, how the SW rabbits traded stories about a trickster hero that inspires rabbits to survive against all odds, for miserable, empty, nihilistic nonsense like the poem Silverweed recites .... They felt they no longer needed Frith's promise, when The Man provides food both great and plentiful ... but they were physically free enough, so they didn't mind the mental shackles they willingly donned ...