> Larry King bumps military mom from show- Are the "news" networks afraid of the truth?
5 February 2005, 13:25
To the Metaphysician,
Whereas your probing questions may have great anthropological value within the context of some dispassionate study related to human motivation and the need to believe in authority, they are inappropriate with respect to Cindy Sheehan’s loss. To resort to a tired cliche, "The Fog of War" is almost all-enveloping, clouding the sight of mothers and sons, etc. indiscriminately. A few - very few - are not affected by it because they manage to avoid being trapped in it - and this often requires a Herculean effort of reason and will.
The real point of Cindy Sheehan’s sad story is that she’s made her way out of the fog, but at a great cost. On a positive note, she now knows how to identify this pernicious mist and can help direct others from its judgement-sapping embrace. The process of education includes trial and error, and learning from one’s mistakes. Unfortunately, she came to enlightenment with the hardest of all lessons - the loss of her son.
To the Metaphysician,
Whereas your probing questions may have great anthropological value within the context of some dispassionate study related to human motivation and the need to believe in authority, they are inappropriate with respect to Cindy Sheehan’s loss. To resort to a tired cliche, "The Fog of War" is almost all-enveloping, clouding the sight of mothers and sons, etc. indiscriminately. A few - very few - are not affected by it because they manage to avoid being trapped in it - and this often requires a Herculean effort of reason and will.
The real point of Cindy Sheehan’s sad story is that she’s made her way out of the fog, but at a great cost. On a positive note, she now knows how to identify this pernicious mist and can help direct others from its judgement-sapping embrace. The process of education includes trial and error, and learning from one’s mistakes. Unfortunately, she came to enlightenment with the hardest of all lessons - the loss of her son.