today my children played outside all day. they came inside to change into dry gloves and warm up enough to go back outside and play. this play seems like a luxury to me after the conversation i had with New Year's Eve celebrants. i got into a discussion with a couple of retired military men. they have a much different interpretation of the War with Iraq. seems that it is payback time. i had the distinct feeling though that it is payback for Vietnam and Grenada and some other skirmishes we have had around the world with armies who have not fought traditional warfare like we do. we are going to make the Iraqis pay for the bombing of the WTC towers and the partial destruction of the Pentagon. we are going to make them (Middle Easterners) pay for being Muslim; for having differnt ideas about political leadership around the world; about treating women differently than we treat ours (LOL); about equality and the need for flattened hierarchies in leadership; but most importantly, we are going to make them pay for threatening our way of life. we do not feel secure anymore. time to lash out. our soil has been invaded. time for payback. the primordial line in the sand has been crossed. we are no longer responsible for our behaviors, actions, ideologies; despotism anymore. the mead he made was quite tasty. guess we have it both ways. we can disagree and still share a drink.
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