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THE FUTURE
By C
PART II
EPILOGUE
It was nothing more than a coincidence that on the same day of Anne reaching the age of eighteen, an event took place on a ranch thousands of miles away. The incident involved two males that got into a minor scuffle of such brief duration that it failed even to be noticed. But, although being both minor and going unnoticed, the event, in fact, was one of profound significance. With the exception of a scattered few living in yet undiscovered remote colonies, in the thousands upon thousands of years that human males had committed acts of violence, this would be the last that would occur.
It has been mention that the policy, adopted from the beginning, of separating males showing any sign of having a violent nature and, in so doing, not being used for propagating other males had, throughout the years, led to a slow but steady decline of such behavior. In fact, the point had been reached long before Anne's birth, that in order to continue the highly popular spectator sport of gleefully watching males fleeing in panic and falling victim to the fierce onslaught of ferocious lionesses, the criteria for being selected to meet such fate had been increasingly relaxed until it required no more than observing playful tussling or being considered a little slow either in physical development of in obeying a command. The mentioning of this only serves to exemplify of how extreme little value the life of a human male had indeed come to be viewed.
The trend of males committing acts of any form of violence became less and less until, as has been mentioned, the point was reached on Anne’s birthday that they ceased to occur in entirety. And, of even greater noteworthiness, whatever trait within the human male that had been the cause of senseless and often barbaric acts of aggression had also ceased to exist. Something that had not ceased to exist, however, was the ability to have human intellect and emotions which, even though suppressed for over two hundred years, would have returned if only given an opportunity. But, although the very inner make-up of the human male had undergone a permanent change of profound proportions, it had occurred over such a long period of time and so gradually that it had not even been noticed as having any significance. Any thought given to the slow but steady decline of violence had been attributed to nothing more than improvements being made in methods of being raised and trained.
Regardless of how profound it might have been, however, in reality it is just as well that the change in male behavior did indeed receive little notice since it would have made no difference - one way or another. In women's minds, they lived in a world filled with total contentment and happiness that lacked nothing. It mattered not that males had changed in a manner that, if acted upon, could have led to women learning of shared unselfish romance and, in so doing, discovering a contentment and joy that would, in fact, have been far more fulfilling. But, how could women be expected to take action to keep from missing out on something they did not even know could exist? How could they possibly contemplate loving and sharing their lives with individuals they not only looked upon as highly inferior beings of sub-species status, but individuals being raised as livestock and, therefore, slaughtered and eaten as such. Males, on the other hand, in being raised as livestock and, in so doing, having a low intellect that was void of either human emotions or rational thought were surely incapable of acting on their own behalf.
It can only be viewed as being highly ironic that, when the human male finally reached the point of being ready to join a world of lasting peace and harmony, there was no one living in this world that had any awareness, whatsoever, of what he could offer.
Comments on the story will be appreciated by either posting on this forum or sent to Charles354107@aol.com. Also, Part III has been started but not finished. Please let me know if anyone would like to see the chapters that have been completed being posted.
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