tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641541.post113764130142223678..comments2023-10-10T08:09:06.256-04:00Comments on Tea leaves: WAKE UPteabirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01789062795176641187noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641541.post-1137685941497457682006-01-19T10:52:00.000-05:002006-01-19T10:52:00.000-05:00What a profound writer Mr. Kovic is. And like he s...What a profound writer Mr. Kovic is. And like he said, so many folks who are over there now weren't even born before the day he became paralyzed. Myself? I was only in my mother's uterus for roughly a month or so by the time he was paralyzed.<BR/><BR/>The sick twisted thing here though is, that there is a limit to what we can do. One vote during election time, and a little activism. Not too much, given that McCarthyism is at a fevered pitch these days, you'll no doubt get black balled or on some list as a subversive.Mavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06159539883712835177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641541.post-1137647101997599082006-01-19T00:05:00.000-05:002006-01-19T00:05:00.000-05:00This makes me think of all the Holocaust survivors...This makes me think of all the Holocaust survivors and how when they are no longer amongst us how easy it will be to forget (how many remember Cambodia?). War is like that. Easy to put aside for the day to day--unless someone insistently voices the truth. Books like Jonny Got His Gun should be on all English class reading lists***CVchittavrttihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02902747917974034723noreply@blogger.com