Mourning for Civilization
Today is Memorial Day in the US, a day when I don't barbeque or travel or watch parades. What I do is remind myself once more of the utter futility and stupidity of war, mourn all those (mostly young, mostly poor) people killed (not "sacrificed," not "gave their lives," none of those euphemistic niceties that makes this all seem normal and right) in this state-sponsored madness, and pray fervently to the deities of common sense that someday our civilization moves beyond the need to have any more Memorial Days.
Today is Memorial Day in the US, a day when I don't barbeque or travel or watch parades. What I do is remind myself once more of the utter futility and stupidity of war, mourn all those (mostly young, mostly poor) people killed (not "sacrificed," not "gave their lives," none of those euphemistic niceties that makes this all seem normal and right) in this state-sponsored madness, and pray fervently to the deities of common sense that someday our civilization moves beyond the need to have any more Memorial Days.
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