tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173973315363181140.post6317158478275025457..comments2023-10-25T17:56:55.769-04:00Comments on DemWit: The immeasurable cost of warB.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12004309077511856506noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173973315363181140.post-37710522239658004152010-06-07T22:19:11.093-04:002010-06-07T22:19:11.093-04:00Tiny isn't sure she could read the book, her t...Tiny isn't sure she could read the book, her tears would block out the words. In college during a contemporary novels class, the professor showed pictures of WW II where bull dozers were pushing masses of naked bodies into a mass grave. <br /><br />Her tears soaked the front of her blouse. Everyone in class thought Tiny was crazy. She does not understand man's inhumanity to man. She gets Tinynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173973315363181140.post-87811918588897714912010-06-05T13:58:39.428-04:002010-06-05T13:58:39.428-04:00Remember the TV series "St. Elsewhere", ...Remember the TV series "St. Elsewhere", and the final show? It all took place in the mind of an autistic child. <br /><br />Got any Mallo-Mars?Frodo, Hippity-Dippity,http://loveysdaddyga.tripod.com/blogdirectory/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173973315363181140.post-52478605653352091012010-06-04T22:17:51.795-04:002010-06-04T22:17:51.795-04:00Frodo, what you smokiin’? Just kiddling, my friend...Frodo, what you smokiin’? Just kiddling, my friend. I know you have read “Andersonville,” and, unless I miss my guess, have been to the National Historic Site and walked the hallowed ground. As for your comment on the Queen Elizabeth post: Merry. Of the Fellowship of the Ring. That would be me, and guilty as charged. :-)<br /><br />Mr. Sumrall: You really liked Kantor’s words, didn’t you? He B.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12004309077511856506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173973315363181140.post-4177120839120922472010-06-04T19:42:42.707-04:002010-06-04T19:42:42.707-04:00It's all consuming, the horrors of war and eve...It's all consuming, the horrors of war and even the horrors we face in our every day lives. Do you ever really think about those who suffer immeasurably and wonder why it is you were spared? It makes me think of reincarnation and will I come back and have to suffer because I have not in this life of mine. <br />Am I off topic BJ?? I'm just in a thinking melancholy kinda mood with all the Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18303260031729868857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173973315363181140.post-15946603742707513722010-06-04T17:39:43.022-04:002010-06-04T17:39:43.022-04:00And look how far we've come! I don't think...And look how far we've come! I don't think I could make it through that book - especially after reading this. A good post, BJ.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173973315363181140.post-76154951139525302402010-06-04T11:47:01.456-04:002010-06-04T11:47:01.456-04:00Wow! MacKinlay Kantor really brings home the human...Wow! MacKinlay Kantor really brings home the human cost of conflict. Thanks, BJ!Bill Sumrallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173973315363181140.post-92079678702474428862010-06-04T11:44:45.977-04:002010-06-04T11:44:45.977-04:00Or perhaps it all was for the production of words,...Or perhaps it all was for the production of words, written on the wind, and passed to gentle hearts in the thoughts of friends and the haunting fear of having seen it all before.Frodo, flowers every one,http://loveysdaddyga.tripod.com/blogdirectory/noreply@blogger.com