My comment on Bush's war on Iraq

[cdybedahl]

From Terry Pratchett's Hogfather:

"All right," said Susan. "I'm not stupid. You're saying humans need... fantasies to make life bearable."
REALLY? AS IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF PINK PILL? NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE.
"Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little--?"
YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES.
"So we can believe the big ones?"
YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING.
"They're not the same at all!"
YOU THINK SO? THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY. AND YET-- Death waved a hand. AND YET YOU ACT AS IF THERE IS SOME IDEAL ORDER IN THE WORLD, AS IF THERE IS SOME... SOME RIGHTNESS IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY BE JUDGED.
"Yes, but people have got to belive that, or what's the point--"
MY POINT EXACTLY.

Comments

[kitsune76.livejournal.com]

OK, I totally agree with this philosophy, but can you argue that Bush et al are *right* in believing that here? Cos I don't think they are, not in this respect.

[cdybedahl.livejournal.com]

I have a very hard time telling who, if anyone, is right.

[kitsune76.livejournal.com]

(nod) Totally understandable. You really have to know your stuff in this mess or you look like an idiot, and that applies to either side. I think this war's one of the things that's really helped me learn to actually have views and opinions, and form them properly.

Then again, I live in a world where left -wing friends of mine cannot understand paying people for sex. Whereas I can.

Hey ho.