Monday, August 29, 2005

What Would Camaxtli Do?

I've culled a couple of thoughtful pieces from the ether regarding the Cindy Sheehan affair, one direct, one indirect, for your perusal, here and here. I invite comment.

posted by Mike King at 7:48 PM

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Camaxtli, Leonidas, Alexander, Scipio, Achilles, Hector, Aries, and Thor would all agree with Mr. Fahrenbach.
Here we have two, interestingly, juxtaposed points of view reiterating the long known and well worn cliché: Men are from Mars, and Women are from Venus.
If one wishes to further explore the necessity of war versus pacifism, in modern context, it is well expressed in, William Manchester’s, excellent WW II autobiography: “Goodbye Darkness.”
One must be careful not assume that the difference of opinion here, between these two writers, represents a universal philosophical difference between men and women; there are still many more “Spartan” mothers, than “Pacifist”, in the world today, as there have been for the past 4,000 years.
My opinion: Well put, Mr. Fahrenbach.

5:19 AM  
Blogger Mike King said...

Well put yourself, rex. I didn't consciously think about whether one opinion or the other was by a man or a woman. Frankly, I was just out there looking for two differing viewpoints that happened to be well written.

Fahrenbach's statements are compelling and I happen to agree with him, but let's face it, there are also a lot of stupid kids (I mean "men") out there who enlist for the wrong reasons, and who shoulda listened to their momma.

But hey, what do I know? In my line of work, it's more like, "Return home with your pocket protector, or on it."

7:21 PM  

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