tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16095608.post116091560661776541..comments2023-10-10T05:45:24.878-07:00Comments on The Data Port: A Serving Officer Protests His WarArt Jacobsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14354951975503040483noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16095608.post-1161219057406690472006-10-18T17:50:00.000-07:002006-10-18T17:50:00.000-07:00x4mr,I think you are absolutely right that "thoug...x4mr,<BR/>I think you are absolutely right that "thought provoking material of substance solicits fewer comments than simpler political tabloid stuff." However, it doesn't mean that thought provoking material was not effective or went unnoticed. You never know who is reading.<BR/><BR/>By the way, Art, this is a great post.Lizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14605279152700363635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16095608.post-1161194183630454682006-10-18T10:56:00.000-07:002006-10-18T10:56:00.000-07:00Art/Randall,I don't have a poem to contribute, but...Art/Randall,<BR/><BR/>I don't have a poem to contribute, but I share your sentiments regarding this god awful mess. I said somewhere that I think this fiasco will go down as one of the greatest blunders in human history.<BR/><BR/>It is <B>THAT BAD</B>, and I don't know how anyone can say this isn't slipping past the point of no return with respect to civil war. Iraqi casualities are well into six figure sums, perhaps topping half a million according to some estimates.<BR/><BR/>Regarding blogger commentary, it seems to have really dropped off since the primary. Not sure what to make it mean. I miss some of those fabulous threads that occurred here at TDP during the summer.<BR/><BR/>There's a cynical part of me that thinks volumous commentary tends to flow to the banal and inane. For a good sampling, go to the online Star and read the drivel that gets posted after various stories.<BR/><BR/>Comments or not, Art, I visit your blog regularly and enjoy what you publish. As for my own blog, I will continue so long as the spirit moves me and set my own standards. At least for the moment, it appears that thought provoking material of substance solicits fewer comments than simpler political tabloid stuff.x4mrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726002265345298344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16095608.post-1161056455105834932006-10-16T20:40:00.000-07:002006-10-16T20:40:00.000-07:00Randall,Thanks for passing on Owen's "Anthem."I'm ...Randall,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for passing on Owen's "Anthem."<BR/>I'm well acquainted with the Barker trilogy. Sassoon's letter...as you probably realize..opens "Regeneration."<BR/><BR/>I was struck to the heart by how appropriate it was to our present war.<BR/>Sassoon's anti war poetry is absolutely savage:<BR/><BR/>"Does it matter?- losing your legs?..<BR/>For people will always be kind,<BR/>And you need not show that you mind<BR/>When others come in after hunting<BR/>To gobble their muffins and eggs.<BR/><BR/>"Does it matter?-losing your sight?...<BR/>There's such splendid work for the blind.<BR/>And people will always be kind,<BR/>As you sit on the terrace remembering<BR/>And turning your face to the light.<BR/> --<I>Does It Matter?</I>Art Jacobsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14354951975503040483noreply@blogger.com