Posted by alexandra_k on November 18, 2004, at 2:06:25
In reply to 1200 dead in Falluja....., posted by Jai Narayan on November 15, 2004, at 19:51:09
Many are shocked that Bush is president,
But I guess many more Americans would have been shocked if Kerry had gotten in.War makes me feel sick.
I cannot believe that I am lucky enough to live in a country
With food
And shelter
And neuroses.
Where I do not have to fight for my life
Or live in terror from military forces.I feel so lucky I live in a country
Where (although there are problems) we attempt to honour the Treaty of Waitangi
Where we believe that everyone has the right to food and shelter (and welfare).
Where the public health system is free and adequate.
Where we offer humanitarian aid instead of troops to assist the destruction.War games
Power
Take our democracy (whether you like it or not)I can't believe that we live in a society that funds academics and the arts.
German civilisation produced some of the greatest intellectual and artistic achievements
Right before Hitler.
Humankind overreaching itself.
It makes me feel sad
And sick
And lucky.Wittgenstein wrote the "Tractatus" while he fought in the trenches.
While he hoped for death.
The crystaline purity of logic
The ultimate contrast
To the brutality and gore
That surrounded him.The nearness of death brings us closer to life.
That is the only positive thing I can take from this.
poster:alexandra_k
thread:416394
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/grief/20040811/msgs/417292.html