tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15011830.post114018424013216828..comments2023-09-04T06:42:44.489-05:00Comments on Elyce Elucidates: Moment of BeingElycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268192471510411332noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15011830.post-1140240684344703312006-02-17T23:31:00.000-06:002006-02-17T23:31:00.000-06:00That's a pretty powerful moment, Elyce. It's tough...That's a pretty powerful moment, Elyce. It's tough being elucidated, isn't it? I think Kate's comment is a brilliant observation, too.<BR/><BR/>I remember at some earlier point in my life, high school and college, reaching the conclusion that nations and peoples living peaceably together makes such good sense and that accomplishing it should be so easy. So why not do it? True, it's a grossly and simplistic bit of idealism. But I just don't get it, why fight?<BR/><BR/>Then again, some situations do seem to call for some sort of police intervention. The US ignored nations with far worse human rights abuses than Iraq (and far worse natural resources) in favor of ousting a dictator under the guise of 9/11 and al Qaeda. But the United Nations does send "peacekeepers" to places that desperately need some sort of order.<BR/><BR/>It seems the bad guys force a need for policing, but then the police become corrupt and all hell breaks loose.<BR/><BR/>DavidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15011830.post-1140217756150133932006-02-17T17:09:00.000-06:002006-02-17T17:09:00.000-06:00During the early seventies, Garry Trudeau of Doone...During the early seventies, Garry Trudeau of Doonesbury had a cartoon where B.D. is in Viet Nam with a buddy in a rice field when he looks up and says, "Look is there anything more beautiful than a phantom jet in flight?" then a butterfly comes along and lands on his rifle. His buddy looks at him and says, "Bravo for life's little ironies."<BR/>Your experience also reminds me of a twenty something waiter trying to tell me that Lennon's gorgeous wish is about communism. It was all I could do to not go ballistic on him. Bravo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15011830.post-1140206154227352672006-02-17T13:55:00.000-06:002006-02-17T13:55:00.000-06:00let the sunshine in.http://metahara.livejournal.co...let the sunshine in.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>http://metahara.livejournal.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com