Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's a very good piece. As an atheist I am always moved by the struggle of someone who has a faith to come to terms with such a cataclysm. Really very moving. And also absolutely spot on. Does the US really want to see itself as a society that considers retribution the sole, not to say legitimate, motivation for killing a person? It's not directly connected, but this piece reminds me of something I read a year or so ago. It was written by a US citizen who had originally gone to the States as a German POW during the Second World War. He was so overwhelmed by the generosity and kindness that he found there, even as an enemy prisoner, that he set about gaining citizenship as soon as he could at war's end. In his piece, he used his experience to contrast with the current experience of "enemy prisoners" held by the US, and thereby how much things had changed in the country he loves. P. PS: I usually abide by my self-imposed moratorium on making comments about countries or societies that are not my own, but reading this back it seems I may have broken that rule. If so, I apologise, but it's meant more as observation than criticism. ******* Paul Hardy Carter www.paulhardycarter.com +44 (0)20 7871 7553 ******* On 31 Mar 2006, at 23:18, B. D. Colen wrote: > Yup...That's why I said..."who can really write." ;-) > > > On 3/31/06 3:56 PM, "Scott McLoughlin" <scott@adrenaline.com> wrote: > >> She's a pretty good writer, too. >> >> http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/ >> 2006/03/31/tr >> anscending_the_evil_that_men_do/ >> >> Scott