tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post57906604175163006..comments2023-10-24T04:43:53.179-04:00Comments on KGMom Musings: A Small Death on CampusKGMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05165941950953938943noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-61608744002795062662007-11-18T13:20:00.000-05:002007-11-18T13:20:00.000-05:00We are predators, but have distanced ourselves fro...We are predators, but have distanced ourselves from the killing. I wonder if your student had chicken this week. War needs propaganda machinery to keep it going and this war has that for sure.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15892804871759397018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-40083207928471747382007-11-17T14:15:00.000-05:002007-11-17T14:15:00.000-05:00Daryl--you're right in your analysis of the analog...Daryl--you're right in your analysis of the analogy, unless you think of OIL as nourishment for the US, in which case, "carrying off" poor hapless Iraq fits in the analogy!<BR/>Oh, that is a very skeptical view, indeed. Frankly, the more information that comes out, the more stunned and ashamed I am of the US in this entire matter.KGMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05165941950953938943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-18308419750095096472007-11-17T11:20:00.000-05:002007-11-17T11:20:00.000-05:00A problem with the analogy (which you know me well...A problem with the analogy (which you know me well enough to say that it resonates with me) is that the hawk gained significant nourishment from the squirrel. We gain little nourishment from Iraq: rather the invasion has bled us significantly.<BR/><BR/>This fact is one of the basic reasons that I take Bush at his word for why he led us into Iraq. He was (I believe) disastrously wrong. He was also far too ready to be persuaded that we had to fight. (That is an occasional American failing.) But I believe that he was telling us in general what he believed to be true.<BR/><BR/>I was our chapel speaker last Wednesday at Providence, for a service of peace and remembrance just after Remembrance Day. I felt a bit out of place, speaking to a group including a number of American students. I was a CO during Vietnam, and have tried to choose peace as consistently as I can; but it is increasingly difficult in our world to do so. And I at least have sympathy for those who don't make my choice, even though I believe they are still wrong!Climenheisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01989459133238230712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-12177061797826331102007-11-16T19:12:00.000-05:002007-11-16T19:12:00.000-05:00Pam, AC and Mary--you make excellent points as to ...Pam, AC and Mary--you make excellent points as to why the student was not tuned in to the suffering of Iraqis.<BR/>Mon@rch--true, the hawk has to eat. Mostly we don't like to see it.<BR/>For me, I saw the hawk and squirrel as an analoghy for the US and Iraq. We are the powerful sweeping in, sinking our talons into poorer countries and peoples. They struggle, and we keep squeezing the life out of them. A bit melodramatic--yes.KGMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05165941950953938943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-40648941128536925622007-11-16T18:23:00.000-05:002007-11-16T18:23:00.000-05:00what an interesting event to happen during your cl...what an interesting event to happen during your class! I can feel for those who felt sorry for the squirrel but the hawk needs to feed also! It is part of the process and would they fell sorry for the worm who is eaten by the robin?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-76020437664524241262007-11-16T15:01:00.000-05:002007-11-16T15:01:00.000-05:00She never gives the Iraqi war much thought because...She never gives the Iraqi war much thought because it's so removed from what she knows.<BR/><BR/>She saw the poor squirrel, though. <BR/><BR/>I saw a hawk carry away a mourning dove once. It was breathtaking and very heartbreaking for me.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02040099513110890878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-76120672974579664632007-11-16T09:19:00.000-05:002007-11-16T09:19:00.000-05:00Some people don't want to know the truth.We had a ...Some people don't want to know the truth.<BR/><BR/>We had a hawk take down a bird in our feeder a few years ago. It was thrilling in a way although I feel badly for the victim too. There are those who opine that your squirrel would have died in an adrenaline induced ecstasy. I really don't know if that's true.Anvilcloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07974744042579564912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-76363920957388465672007-11-16T06:15:00.000-05:002007-11-16T06:15:00.000-05:00Aside from buying the lie, there's the possibility...Aside from buying the lie, there's the possibility of a narrow mindedness that doesn't allow her to see the Iraqi people as families; fathers, mothers and children sharing their days. She only sees an enemy.<BR/><BR/>I know a couple of people like that, their vision so clouded with prejudice and ignorance that they aren't willing to see a different or bigger picture.Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14040757371778588395noreply@blogger.com