Comments on: What will I say when my children ask me… http://www.strike-the-root.com/wp/archives/266 "There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root." ~ Henry David Thoreau Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:02:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.6 by: Jeff Langr http://www.strike-the-root.com/wp/archives/266#comment-122217 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:28:50 +0000 http://www.strike-the-root.com/wp/archives/266#comment-122217 I used to buy into the notion of "think of all the lives that were saved." What a crock of shit. The two bombings of tens of thousands of innocent civilians ranks up there with all the other many monstrous evils of the 20th century. The bombing of Dresden can be added to the atrocities committed by the US (along with the Allies in this case). A very simple point can be made: They could have chosen to focus the bombs on military targets, which are supposed to be fair game during wartime. They chose not to, and there is absolutely no excusing that. I add, though, a note to Holocaust deniers, because I've seen some of their whinings: It doesn't wipe away the shit perpetrated by Germans, Turks, and other European nations during WWII. I used to buy into the notion of “think of all the lives that were saved.” What a crock of shit. The two bombings of tens of thousands of innocent civilians ranks up there with all the other many monstrous evils of the 20th century. The bombing of Dresden can be added to the atrocities committed by the US (along with the Allies in this case).

A very simple point can be made: They could have chosen to focus the bombs on military targets, which are supposed to be fair game during wartime. They chose not to, and there is absolutely no excusing that.

I add, though, a note to Holocaust deniers, because I’ve seen some of their whinings: It doesn’t wipe away the shit perpetrated by Germans, Turks, and other European nations during WWII.

]]> by: Robert Kaercher http://www.strike-the-root.com/wp/archives/266#comment-122201 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:55:36 +0000 http://www.strike-the-root.com/wp/archives/266#comment-122201 What will I say when my children ask me Where was I flying upon that day? With trembling voice I gave the order To the bombardier of Enola Gay Charles W. Johnson---whose blog post I linked to in my own---recently turned me on to Utah Phillips' music, and I rather like it. Unfortunately, Phillips recently passed on. What will I say
when my children ask me
Where was I flying upon that day?
With trembling voice
I gave the order
To the bombardier of Enola Gay

Charles W. Johnson—whose blog post I linked to in my own—recently turned me on to Utah Phillips’ music, and I rather like it. Unfortunately, Phillips recently passed on.

]]> by: Roger Young http://www.strike-the-root.com/wp/archives/266#comment-122199 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:05:29 +0000 http://www.strike-the-root.com/wp/archives/266#comment-122199 Make sure to take a listen to Utah Phillip's "Enola Gay: I turn to see the fireball rising “My god, my god” all I can say I hear a voice within me crying My mother’s name was Enola Gay Make sure to take a listen to Utah Phillip’s “Enola Gay:

I turn to see
the fireball rising
“My god, my god” all I can say
I hear a voice
within me crying
My mother’s name was Enola Gay

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