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War in Iraq
Mar. 19th, 2004 09:09 amIt's your first birthday, war-in-Iraq.
I'm sure that many others will share my regret that you did not die stillborn, and those same people will join me in wishing that you will die a quick and painless death soon-- if not today, as soon as possible, please. Let this be your -last- birthday.
I have a list of things that's probably taller than I am that I could blame you for. But you're the effect, not the cause-- that would be unfair, to blame you for your parents' sins. Not that you're innocent-- there's a list as long as my arm of things that you're directly responsible for.
Instead, I'm going to thank you. I'm going to thank you for spurring me to be more public and articulate about my political views. I'm going to thank you for goading me to the polls this November, to vote. See? I have the registration form right here (haven't filled one of these out since I moved from Ohio.) I thank you for reinforcing once again that it's important to try to change the way world works, even if I fail.
And I thank you for bringing millions of other people like me out of the woodwork. Together, we stand a chance of killling you off and kicking your parents out of power.
I'm sure that many others will share my regret that you did not die stillborn, and those same people will join me in wishing that you will die a quick and painless death soon-- if not today, as soon as possible, please. Let this be your -last- birthday.
I have a list of things that's probably taller than I am that I could blame you for. But you're the effect, not the cause-- that would be unfair, to blame you for your parents' sins. Not that you're innocent-- there's a list as long as my arm of things that you're directly responsible for.
Instead, I'm going to thank you. I'm going to thank you for spurring me to be more public and articulate about my political views. I'm going to thank you for goading me to the polls this November, to vote. See? I have the registration form right here (haven't filled one of these out since I moved from Ohio.) I thank you for reinforcing once again that it's important to try to change the way world works, even if I fail.
And I thank you for bringing millions of other people like me out of the woodwork. Together, we stand a chance of killling you off and kicking your parents out of power.
