dagblog - Comments for "The Spirit of 68"

Nobody's son or daughter

Ramona — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 02:34:00 +0000

In reply to Good for you, Mona. Anybody

Nobody's son or daughter should ever have to go. Send the old guys, the decision-makers. See how fast all wars come to a screeching halt.

Good for you, Mona. Anybody

Michael Maiello — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 22:17:08 +0000

In reply to Lol. I told my son if he

Good for you, Mona. Anybody tries to send my son to war, I'll take over a bird watching depot in the Pacific Northwest until they stop.

Lol. I told my son if he

Ramona — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 02:48:00 +0000

In reply to I told my sons that I would

Lol. I told my son if he ever got called up we would be moving to Canada. He said, "That'll be my decision, not yours." Thankfully, it never came up again. By the time he came of age the Vietnam war was over.

Very funny! (Really). He is

CVille Dem — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 21:18:02 +0000

In reply to Lemme guess - #2 was the one

Very funny! (Really). He is such an intrinsically honorable person. He views everything the way I taught them to do: "Is it the right thing to do? Are you OK with everyone doing this?"

I have to admit that sometimes I am less than "honorable" when I take advantage of age-related things I don't really need, and more recently, extra breaks as a military wife, etc. He is a "better man than I am."

You're a hero.

Michael Maiello — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 20:18:51 +0000

In reply to I told my sons that I would

You're a hero.

Lemme guess - #2 was the one

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 19:58:44 +0000

In reply to I told my sons that I would

Lemme guess - #2 was the one you plugged?

I told my sons that I would

CVille Dem — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 19:41:18 +0000

In reply to Not taking that risk with my

I told my sons that I would shoot them in the foot before I would let them get drafted. One was delighted. The other was very unhappy with me.

Well said.

Michael Maiello — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 21:02:34 +0000

In reply to I'm not especially moved by

Well said.

Not taking that risk with my

Michael Maiello — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 21:02:00 +0000

In reply to The solution to the

Not taking that risk with my kid. No politician who suggests a return to conscription would ever get my vote.

I'm not especially moved by

Doctor Cleveland — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 20:54:00 +0000

In reply to The Spirit of 68

I'm not especially moved by comparisons with other fraught moments in American history. This crisis is a crisis, on its own terms. That 1968 seemed worse at certain points doesn't mean that we will come out of *this* crisis better than we came out of 1968.

Historical moments can't be compared like that, detail by detail, and it's naive to try.

The fact that people like Chait have to go out of their way to reassure us, and themselves, that it's not as bad as 1968 is a sign that things are pretty damned bad.