Bravo for your eloquence. You said that better than I was going to.
And yes, as a fairly liberal person (I used to think of myself as 'moderate', but I find the landscape has shifted and I have not), I admit that the prospect of a blood eagle or flinging the limed heads of the enemy's blood at them as weapons does hold a certain visceral satisfaction. I also know that those are my barbaric instincts and that I should hold myself above them.
And then I remember the person who helped me get employed where I am now was on the 93rd floor of the South Tower on September 11, 2001 and the dark part of me wonders if an expanse of cracked green glass is the best solution to the problem.
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Date: 2005-07-07 03:37 pm (UTC)And yes, as a fairly liberal person (I used to think of myself as 'moderate', but I find the landscape has shifted and I have not), I admit that the prospect of a blood eagle or flinging the limed heads of the enemy's blood at them as weapons does hold a certain visceral satisfaction. I also know that those are my barbaric instincts and that I should hold myself above them.
And then I remember the person who helped me get employed where I am now was on the 93rd floor of the South Tower on September 11, 2001 and the dark part of me wonders if an expanse of cracked green glass is the best solution to the problem.