tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post6442946753084983864..comments2024-03-28T08:13:03.545-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : Grow Up, AmericaComrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-35735674419814652252010-01-08T06:49:56.604-05:002010-01-08T06:49:56.604-05:00Jane, there is nothing wrong with your comments. ...Jane, there is nothing wrong with your comments. If anything, I have a personal/family reason for my feelings about the use of atomic weapons against Japan and it probably colors my views.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-55858224753762102222010-01-08T00:59:52.831-05:002010-01-08T00:59:52.831-05:00Comrade EB - I apologize for my comments. Feel fr...Comrade EB - I apologize for my comments. Feel free to yank them from your blog if it would make you feel better. I got sent over here with a link from one of the other blogs I read regularly - was it onegoodmove? I had never seen your blog before and quite frankly I wholeheartedly agree with the position you are take in this post. In fact, if you visited my blog, you'd find a strikingly similar post from June 2008. When I read through the comments, that sentiment about the Japanese getting what they deserved just really got under my skin and I didn't respond very maturely. As a veteran, I really do believe war is hell, and that most of the suffering it causes is for those who least deserve it. I also think that many people rationalize that away in various ways, one of which is demonizing the inhabitants of an entire nation. If that rationalization contributes even a little to our propensity to wage war when unnecessary, or to engage in strategies and tactics that cause more suffering than necessary, I don't think they should be encouraged. Again, I apologize for not making that point very well.J@ne Futzinfarbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12070554132231270547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-12442648502456493182010-01-07T07:26:14.945-05:002010-01-07T07:26:14.945-05:00Jane, what point are you trying to make? That war...Jane, what point are you trying to make? That war is a bad business and civilians suffer?<br /><br />When has it not been so?Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-21355221938046102212010-01-07T07:08:13.339-05:002010-01-07T07:08:13.339-05:00A funny thing happened after my earlier comments t...A funny thing happened after my earlier comments to this post, and, well, it got me thinking. I ran across a quote the other day that I hadn’t seen before – “war is hell”. And then I thought maybe a big part of that hell is because war so invariably causes great suffering to so many who least deserve it. And then I thought of a slightly nuanced recognition that even though waging war may sometimes be the lesser of two evils, yet I might retain empathy for those who suffered simply because by chance of birth they were on the wrong side. And then I thought that empathy might manifest in me by my not evincing smugness over the inevitable suffering that my country must surely have caused in defeating its wartime enemies. And then I thought …..naaahh! Nips got what they had coming.J@ne Futzinfarbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12070554132231270547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-3745859955300065142010-01-05T04:38:40.626-05:002010-01-05T04:38:40.626-05:00Comrade EB: I couldn't agree with you more abo...Comrade EB: I couldn't agree with you more about "harsh business" and "cause to complain". Why I just see red when I think about the nerve of those Japanese grandmothers whimpering over their radiation burns!J@ne Futzinfarbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12070554132231270547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-54825794119890735812010-01-05T04:36:12.145-05:002010-01-05T04:36:12.145-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.J@ne Futzinfarbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12070554132231270547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-44289324005289225382010-01-04T20:09:36.863-05:002010-01-04T20:09:36.863-05:00Perhaps thanks to the cleanup on aisle three, I wh...Perhaps thanks to the cleanup on aisle three, I wholeheartedly agree. I keep imagining that AQ and their followers just love how even their most half-assed attempts at terrorism prompt new rounds of silly security rituals and fresh panic in our news.<br /><br />We can either live in fear or we can live. I'd like to do the latter. I wish more of my countrymen felt the same way.Cujo359https://www.blogger.com/profile/10385213658828021737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-16390277493056473702010-01-04T16:29:02.097-05:002010-01-04T16:29:02.097-05:00Joe B, you are correct and I have reworded it.
I ...Joe B, you are correct and I have reworded it.<br /><br />I appreciate the catchComrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-51462103687280734412010-01-04T16:15:27.872-05:002010-01-04T16:15:27.872-05:00"Drowning kills nearly 30% of children under ..."Drowning kills nearly 30% of children under the age of five."<br /><br />Really?? Can we have a fact check in aisle three, please?JoeBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14149920689497336924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-24950372404544963102010-01-04T14:46:17.352-05:002010-01-04T14:46:17.352-05:00War is a harsh business and I am continually amaze...War is a harsh business and I am continually amazed by the number of people who seem to think otherwise. If a nation bombs other people's cities, they have no cause to complain when their enemies bomb theirs.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-30605773656767272342010-01-04T14:20:03.418-05:002010-01-04T14:20:03.418-05:00Yes, indeedy, those schoolchildren in Hiroshima go...Yes, indeedy, those schoolchildren in Hiroshima got the vaporization that was coming to them for their utter complicity in the rape of Nanking.J@ne Futzinfarbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12070554132231270547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-50862124604365007702010-01-04T11:24:50.595-05:002010-01-04T11:24:50.595-05:00I have read The Rape Of Nanking by the late Iris C...I have read <i>The Rape Of Nanking</i> by the late Iris Chang and I agree the Japanese got what was coming to them in WWII, but the 'shock and awe' terror tactic of aerial bombing of civilians hardly started with Hiroshima.<br /><br />It was even used in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_riot#Attack_by_air" rel="nofollow">Tulsa race riot</a> of 1921 against Americans by Americans.Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05772126106416366135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-10479809284561896522010-01-04T10:22:39.546-05:002010-01-04T10:22:39.546-05:00Excellent post!
Should be required reading for ev...Excellent post! <br />Should be required reading for everyone.....well, we'll draw pictures for the right-wingers and their followers.Grandpa Eddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18125393059316349669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-83231646222331610852010-01-04T10:22:30.236-05:002010-01-04T10:22:30.236-05:00Falconerhk, I refer you to the Rape of Nanking. T...Falconerhk, I refer you to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanking_Massacre" rel="nofollow">Rape of Nanking</a>. The Japanese Empire deserved all that it received.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-44857783691875755522010-01-04T10:11:36.423-05:002010-01-04T10:11:36.423-05:00It's not the federal government people expect ...It's not the federal government people expect to save them from terrorism, it's the military-industrial complex. Which is ironic, because the standard definition of terrorism is the use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims.<br /><br />But aside from torture, the "shock and awe" bombing of civilians (beginning in Japan with nukes), stealth bombers, drones, threat level color coding, pointless airport security and the occasional unprovoked invasion of sovereign nations, our kinder, gentler Christian nation doesn't do terrorism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-1328562838469242242010-01-03T23:25:59.052-05:002010-01-03T23:25:59.052-05:00It would help if the media people didn't hype ...It would help if the media people didn't hype it like they do - you know, frame it as: "A failed attempt to sterilize himself with fire, caused concern on NW flight...", and not: "OMG! Were Gonna Die!!!111!". <br /><br />Yes, get a grip - we're all going to die - it's our choice to be afraid for or to be proud of our lives.Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09680604981092904582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-42754736515272085912010-01-03T22:53:34.195-05:002010-01-03T22:53:34.195-05:00I raise Holte a YES.I raise Holte a YES.One Flyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03772881642197609507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-12652070695488222592010-01-03T22:37:26.118-05:002010-01-03T22:37:26.118-05:00YES, YES, YES. You got it right.YES, YES, YES. You got it right.Holte Enderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10356437917387847542noreply@blogger.com