Words of wisdom from Minister and Defender of the Faith Dr. Leviticus
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Greetings again my Simian Brothers and Sisters, May the spirit of The Lawgiver be with you.
Today’s sermon is inspired by the recent speech before the Citizen’s Council by our new Supreme Commander of the Army, General Ursus. With myself and Minister of Science Dr. Zaius in attendance, the General addressed the alarming reports of strange manifestations within the Forbidden Zone.
LINK TO PREVIOUS SERMON
Greetings again my Simian Brothers and Sisters, May the spirit of The Lawgiver be with you.
Today’s sermon is inspired by the recent speech before the Citizen’s Council by our new Supreme Commander of the Army, General Ursus. With myself and Minister of Science Dr. Zaius in attendance, the General addressed the alarming reports of strange manifestations within the Forbidden Zone.
Eleven Gorilla scouts sent into the area have vanished, and the twelfth returned with incredible reports of huge walls of fire, strange violent earthquakes, his mind reportedly gone, shattered no doubt by some un-Simian torture.
As the General pointed out in his speech, the Forbidden Zone has rightfully been closed for centuries, the whole area proclaimed as deadly by our Great Lawgiver in the Sacred Scrolls. But now we have evidence that that vast, barren area is inhabited (by who or by what we do not know). I whole-heartedly agree with General Ursus that it is our holy duty to enter it, to put our feet upon it, to put the mark of our guns and our wheel and our flags upon it, and as the General so eloquently expressed, “to expand the boundaries of our ineluctable power, and to invade!” The gathered crowd cheered exuberantly at these last words, although I noticed a disgraceful lack of enthusiasm from some elements among the Chimpanzee section.
As the General pointed out in his speech, the Forbidden Zone has rightfully been closed for centuries, the whole area proclaimed as deadly by our Great Lawgiver in the Sacred Scrolls. But now we have evidence that that vast, barren area is inhabited (by who or by what we do not know). I whole-heartedly agree with General Ursus that it is our holy duty to enter it, to put our feet upon it, to put the mark of our guns and our wheel and our flags upon it, and as the General so eloquently expressed, “to expand the boundaries of our ineluctable power, and to invade!” The gathered crowd cheered exuberantly at these last words, although I noticed a disgraceful lack of enthusiasm from some elements among the Chimpanzee section.
General Ursus also addressed the Human Problem during his speech. He describes himself as a “simple soldier”, and as such sees things simply. He does not say all Humans are evil simply because their skin is white, but he correctly points out that our Great Lawgiver has told us that never will the Human have the Ape’s divine faculty for being able to distinguish between evil and good. Indeed, as he so aptly put it, “The only good Human is a dead Human.” Nevertheless he magnanimously promised that those Humans fortunate enough to remain alive will have the “privilege” of being used by our revered Minister of Science, the good Dr. Zaius.
His call for the invasion of the Forbidden Zone may also serve as a solution to the Human problem, for as he explained, if life exists in the Forbidden Zone, then they must eat. Now we can replenish the lands that were ravished by the Humans with new improved feeding grounds. It is as simple as that, either we invade or we starve, and what is more dangerous than famine?
While a few have grumbled that the General’s call for invasion is a hasty one, truly I say unto you that it is better described as decisive. May the prayers of all citizens of Ape City and the blessings of the Lawgiver be with our brave soldiers and our Great Leader in their righteous quest into the unknown.