Posted by quequel on September 10, 2002 at 19:31:02:
In Reply to: I want a Poem posted by Bob - the Alien on September 10, 2002 at 18:20:51:
I would write a poem for you any day. Any other poem. I am happy that we live in a country where our opinions can be expressed and accepted. I am not happy that we live in a society that is now viewed by some as a disease that is infecting the world, much in the same way we once viewed Communism. I don't support the way we act as the world's police force, and I will never see why sending thousands of innocent sons, fathers, and brothers to kill thousands of others is the chosen way to settle one government's disagreement with another.
While it saddens me that we have made Americanization synonomous with materialism, VD, and neglected children, any group that will brutally slaughter thousands of people because they are incompatible with that group's religion--like the Nazis--needs to be stopped. It's not retribution for me, it's an effort to halt the years of terrorism.
I'm torn. We've played Cops and Robbers with so many countries. We've let our money-holders govern who we kill. We're not pure, we're not righteous in our anger, we're not even right most of the time. But I can't write the poem. Right now, it would be confused and angry and idealistic. I can't imagine that it's right to kill both our young soldiers and theirs over an ideal, but I can't deal with the possibility that they'll do it again if we don't keep them busy defending themselves.
Geez, I'm kinda screwed up. And probably pretty unpopular. I don't have the answer this time. Like that's a first or something? Right.