[lit-ideas] Re: Too painful to talk about?
- From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 08:19:25 -0500
> [Original Message]
> From: Robert Paul <robert.paul@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 2/14/2006 11:25:55 PM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Too painful to talk about?
>
> > Why has no one mentioned that horrendous beating of the Iraqi children
> > by American soldiers?
>
> British soldiers, Irene, British soldiers. The beating took place two
> years ago. The tape has just come to light.
>
Oh. I saw it on CNN and turned it off immediately. British. That makes
sense. They used to do something short of that in their public schools
(seriously). Hopefully things have civilized up a bit.
> Why would you especially want someone to 'mention' it?
>
It looked like a pretty big deal when I saw it. It still looks like a big
deal. Doesn't lend much support to the theory that the coalition, such as
it is, is loved. Also says something about people's love of filming
themselves being grotesque. I don't get that at all.
I do agree with John Wager that our official policies are humane and our
intentions noble. Unfortunately, our humans are capable of what anybody is
capable of, and so is our management, who would live without the law if
given the chance. Regarding the piece about Israel and apartheid, the Jews
I know personally are extremely racist. I didn't read the article but I'm
not at all surprised. It makes sense. We give what we have. If we get
hatred, we give hatred. Unfortunately, nobody wants to go first not giving
hatred. So it goes.
Lawrence's saying I'm on the dark side implies that issues break down to
good/bad. We're good, they're bad; or, from their perspective, they're
good and we're bad. Military solutions are perfect for such things. If
one were to look for a middle ground of some sort, a win/win not involving
force, that's more complicated, too much trouble. It's much easier in the
short run to just drop a bomb. Lawrence continues to support an action
that even members of the U.S. Congress and the military have agreed was
counterproductive.
> Robert Paul
>
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