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gray_ghost) wrote2007-04-13 02:34 pm
gray_ghost) wrote2007-04-13 02:34 pm
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Kurt Vonnegut on the Iraq war
The quote/link below is to an interview he gave in 2003:
"When it became obvious what a dumb and cruel and spiritually and financially and militarily ruinous mistake our war in Vietnam was, every artist worth a damn in this country, every serious writer,painter, stand-up comedian, musician, actor and actress, you name it,came out against the thing. We formed what might be described as a laser beam of protest, with everybody aimed in the same direction,focused and intense. This weapon proved to have the power of a banana-cream pie three feet in diameter when dropped from a stepladder five-feet high."
Man I loved that guy -- *sigh*
"When it became obvious what a dumb and cruel and spiritually and financially and militarily ruinous mistake our war in Vietnam was, every artist worth a damn in this country, every serious writer,painter, stand-up comedian, musician, actor and actress, you name it,came out against the thing. We formed what might be described as a laser beam of protest, with everybody aimed in the same direction,focused and intense. This weapon proved to have the power of a banana-cream pie three feet in diameter when dropped from a stepladder five-feet high."
Man I loved that guy -- *sigh*