death in iraq

When the US invaded Iraq, officials seemed to think that they would be welcomed with open arms. Needless to say, they haven’t been. This has outraged many and turned our goal of freeing the Iraqis to one of destroying them. People in Iraq are fighting back in the limited ways that they can. Fair? All is fair in war. And besides, we invaded.

To appreciate the intensity of the situation, here’s an article depicting the atrocities of war and how hatred mounts. This only furthers my deep belief that our troops need to come home.

3 thoughts on “death in iraq”

anonymous by choice April 1, 2003 at 7:53 am

To miss Boyd,

(…)Linking all those who by choice decided to have an electronic presence, individuals, corporations, institutions… The web strives on its ability to trade data between different sources in a more or less efficient manner. But the internet is by nature a supra-structure. Meaning every connection is made on a level of disembodiment and ‘filtered disregard’ in many levels. Individuals may easily gather different points of view on a subject, an impossible scenario not too long ago, ok. But still these points of view may be thousands of miles apart. To complement this I argue that technology should empower individuals with the possibility to generate spontaneous networks based on physical proximity. Individuals one passes on the street carry history in the form of unique narratives. In a crowd the networking possibilities are infinite but they can be touched, confronted, shared with a cup of warm tea on a foggy day.

You can express your indignation towards war. vs You can state your reasons for war based on ideals and desires for a near future. But you can not touch war. Cannot feel pain, and to see representations or documents of war is nothing like having someone look you in the eye and speak about war. Pain cannot be filtered.

[all of the above is nothing you wouldn’t already know immersed in your supra-structural visions.]
[In me.]