I look more closely at the computer screen. Where are the body parts? I can’t quite make them out. I see figures, long and short, those most likely children, each shrouded in a covering of some sort – is it a sheet? Is it a blanket? There is rubble all around, not a building standing, but where are the body parts? The bombs are able to dismember people, tear them apart, like a bullet entering a body and scattering on impact, lodged in various organs of the victim’s body.
I can’t see them, but I can imagine what the people inside the screen can see: a head over there; a limb lying by that broken wall. I see children crying in front of their dead parents. And I think, who cares who wins the election. We live in a country that makes those bombs and bullets and ships them abroad. But who cares? These are images on the computer screen and anyway, you can’t see the body parts.
I imagine that it is easier not to look. I’ve got to pick up the kids at 4:00. Can I get there on time, the traffic will be heavy. Could the computer image be your child? But this realization must be too gruesome, too grotesque, to imagine. After all, they are simply images son a screen, and you can’t find the body parts anywhere, no matter how hard you look. We go on with out day. Should we hate our country? Move to Spain or Ireland – at least they’re not sending bombs anymore.
Your observations remind me what I told someone earlier today….
A few months ago I saw a “children’s hospital” ambulance. It was brand new and much larger than a normal ambulance. And I thought to myself, here in the US we go to great lengths to keep our children alive.
When one contrasts that to what’s happening in Gaza it hard to make sense of it all.
In my humble opinion those at the top of our political systems should do everything in their power to avoid nastiness and war. And if they aren’t willing to do everything they can to avoid nastiness they shouldn’t be leaders.
I look more closely at the computer screen. Where are the body parts? I can’t quite make them out. I see figures, long and short, those most likely children, each shrouded in a covering of some sort – is it a sheet? Is it a blanket? There is rubble all around, not a building standing, but where are the body parts? The bombs are able to dismember people, tear them apart, like a bullet entering a body and scattering on impact, lodged in various organs of the victim’s body.
I can’t see them, but I can imagine what the people inside the screen can see: a head over there; a limb lying by that broken wall. I see children crying in front of their dead parents. And I think, who cares who wins the election. We live in a country that makes those bombs and bullets and ships them abroad. But who cares? These are images on the computer screen and anyway, you can’t see the body parts.
I imagine that it is easier not to look. I’ve got to pick up the kids at 4:00. Can I get there on time, the traffic will be heavy. Could the computer image be your child? But this realization must be too gruesome, too grotesque, to imagine. After all, they are simply images son a screen, and you can’t find the body parts anywhere, no matter how hard you look. We go on with out day. Should we hate our country? Move to Spain or Ireland – at least they’re not sending bombs anymore.
Your observations remind me what I told someone earlier today….
A few months ago I saw a “children’s hospital” ambulance. It was brand new and much larger than a normal ambulance. And I thought to myself, here in the US we go to great lengths to keep our children alive.
When one contrasts that to what’s happening in Gaza it hard to make sense of it all.
In my humble opinion those at the top of our political systems should do everything in their power to avoid nastiness and war. And if they aren’t willing to do everything they can to avoid nastiness they shouldn’t be leaders.
Hi Marc 👋
If you're well off, try Panama 🇵🇦 😉
It's a beautiful place,lots of rich people are moving there
The.other place is Portugal 🇵🇹
You can live well there and not involve yourself with politics.
Staying in the USA is still your best bet. There's a whole bunch of BLM land that will be up for grabs when SHITF