Always wondering why the south bank was in the running early, I am pleased that the proposed location for the Adams will be on the north bank.
Let’s hope that nobody goes Disneyesk and paints this ship teal. What do the Jaguars have to do with this navy ship?
The focus should be on the technology of a ship, the way it is built, the method through which each of the many systems achieve the capability to maneuver and destroy -- and not on military heritage as if war is good or even necessary in most cases. If there is focus on war, let it be on the horrendous reality of the errors of war, as allowed, encouraged, and perpetuated by the fools in congress, the executive, and the controlling corporate manufacturers of flesh ripping projectiles, missiles, bombs, aircraft, ships, submarines, and tanks,
The more that victory in war is celebrated, a subtle credence and approval for it is perpetuated. The men and women who bravely sacrificed their lives and limbs, were part of the machine of war often started by fools, which, once started ... continues until the obvious idiocy of it overcomes the will of the fools to continue it.
I suspect that "if" the members of congress and the executive, and supporting fools and lackeys, were forced to lead the war in person, in the ground action, exposing themselves to the flesh ripping projectiles and bombs, they would consider with more caution and restraint whether to “go to war”. The loss in combat of some of these governmental fools instead of the brave and giving military soldiers, sailors, and airmen, would set a better quality to our population ... raising its average of integrity and common sense.
I’ve always wanted to engage a fantasy. Once some of the bought fools in our government had encouraged military intervention without any real necessity of it ... I would wish to visit the great and hallowed chambers of our government .. and point to each individual who aggressively supports military action, and say “YOU .. you stupid sonavabitch .... YOU ... get YOUR fucking ass on the front line .... YOU sacrifice YOUR life for this futile and unnecessary military adventure ,,, YOU take the projectile in the center of YOUR fucking head, or suffer as the shrapnel takes off YOUR leg or YOUR fat ass.
Post Rant: The Adams can be an excellent forum for teaching technology ... to show the young that for every objective, there is a method of achieving it, and that for every problem, there is a cause ... and for every cause, there is a fix.
It would be great if there could be some “cutaways” on the actual mechanisms of propulsion and guidance. This could be expensive however. At least, they could show diagrams of the internals of the machinery. The objective would be to begin the “show” with an explanation of the desired output of any system, and then to explain and show “how” the output is achieved.
In other words, the ship must be propelled and steered. It must know where it is on the earth, and in relation to other ships. Each engine must be monitored, controlled ... fueled, cooled, and lubricated. To teach kids that a ship consists of many systems, each having a purpose or output, and that there is an exact method, including inputs, to achieve or realize the purpose, gives the kid a sense of confidence; that is, just knowing that there is order in the universe, and that they can, by knowing the mechanisms conveying that order; control, change, or fix things.
