Badtux the Snarky Penguin

In a time of chimpanzees, I was a penguin.

Religious fundamentalists are motivated by the sneaking suspicion that someone, somewhere, is having fun -- and that this must be stopped.

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

The more things change...

the more they stay the same.

Does it Matter?
Does it matter?—losing your legs?...
For people will always be kind,
And you need not show that you mind
When the others come in after hunting
To gobble their muffins and eggs.
Does it matter ?—losing your sight?...
There's such splendid work for the blind;
And people will always be kind,
As you sit on the terrace remembering
And turning your face to the light.
Do they matter?—those dreams from the pit?...
You can drink and forget and be glad,
And people won't say that you're mad;
For they'll know you've fought for your country
And no one will worry a bit.
-- Siegfried Sassoon, 1918

The soldiers will fight off rats and cockroaches in the dank hovels of the Army's hospitals as they lie in their beds missing legs or eyes or brains...

And no one will worry a bit.

-- Badtux the Poetry Penguin

Labels: iraq, politics, war on terror

Posted by: BadTux / 2/20/2007 12:48:00 PM

Comments:

You are so right. My uncle lost his leg and his potency in WW2 in Germany. In his home he had many posters of the campaigns, his medals and letters from his buddies. Now he's in an assisted living place, and those things are gone. His wife couldn't handle being married without the possibility of children; so she left in 1947. A second cousin is caring for him; I'm too far away and I don't know him at all. He withdrew from the world. But, I remember his laughter from before...And, I will care
# posted by Share Cropper : 20/2/07 1:19 PM

Wait a minute - those yellow ribbons didn't take care of their needs?
# posted by K. Ron Silkwood : 20/2/07 2:07 PM

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More to follow, after I finish cursing SOB chickenhawks and get my breath back...

"Keep fighting for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't forget to have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce." -- Molly Ivins, 1944-2007

"The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."

-- Plato

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