I just finished Dalton Trumbo’s
Johnny Got His Gun and…
War, what is it
good for?
As my father used to say, no one
wins in a real fight.
Trumbo conducted an incredible
thought experiment and like a great actor he stayed in character. He must’ve
bled, anguished, and experienced madness as he wrote this book. Otherwise he
couldn’t have written this book. It is too authentic.
The book truly frightened me in
parts; made me feel incredibly claustrophobic…
for
the future, for a possible future.
The plot in the book resolved
around the Christmas holiday.
As we sit here January 4 2017 I can’t
help but think that not a whole lot has changed.
Is there a collective resolve? Do
laws reflect collective resolve? Do we just need more time and a flatter earth
for our moral circle to expand or will there always be enough in-group
out-group ideology to birth war?
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