Those who want you to doubt that anarchy (self-ownership and individual responsibility) is the best, most moral, and ethical way to live among others are asking you to accept that theft, aggression, superstition, and slavery are perhaps better.
My first war was Vietnam. I remember the pictures on the evening news, a map of Vietnam with the locations bombed that day. It made no sense, and no war since has made sense either.
I remember clearly watching Walter Cronkite giving the weekly tally of the dead. Couldn't help but notice the large disparity between the number of dead "Americans" and the number of dead Vietnamese. You kind of became immune to the tragedy of the numbers. That's what is so great about the Vietnam Memorial. Those numbers were traded for NAMES of actual human beings.
My first war was Vietnam. I remember the pictures on the evening news, a map of Vietnam with the locations bombed that day. It made no sense, and no war since has made sense either.
ReplyDeleteI remember clearly watching Walter Cronkite giving the weekly tally of the dead. Couldn't help but notice the large disparity between the number of dead "Americans" and the number of dead Vietnamese.
DeleteYou kind of became immune to the tragedy of the numbers. That's what is so great about the Vietnam Memorial. Those numbers were traded for NAMES of actual human beings.
...........AND the next First Wench.
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