May 26, 2004
Fair Warning
by JeremyAt a time when a few formerly pro-war lefties (and righties and middlies) have expressed some regret over having supported this war, I brace myself every time I read the blogs.
Norm Geras, sensing the anxiety of readers such as myself, has set a tentative goalpost at the approximate point at which he plans to join the anti-war/anti-occupation movement, or at least to apologize for not doing so:
I mean no disrepect here, but I would like to express the following point with some force and vividness. Consequently, try to imagine this day: the great George Jones seated beside the comparably great Merle Haggard, and on the other side of each of them the ghosts of that even greater pair, Karl Marx and John Stuart Mill, these four driving a large lawnmower through the centre of Denver, Colorado, in search of a drink. Until it happens is how long anyone who's interested will be waiting for me to apologize for declining to lend my voice and my energies to a political effort that, had it succeeded, would have resulted in prolonging the life of a regime of torture, wanton murder and daily barbarism. And they'd still be waiting after that.
Any Denver bloggers willing to keep watch for such a pivotal event and keep us posted? I'd appreciate the heads up.
-Jeremy
Wow, thank heaven that was his answer. I braced myself more than usual (as you do) and was quite relieved.
You tricked me, but I'm all better now.
Posted by: Michael J. Totten at May 27, 2004 03:03 AM
Sorry, Michael -- I admit It was a dirty trick. I had to read Norm's complex Country/Western, dialectical materialism calculus more than once before being certain it was just a comic tirade. But then I had to go and twist the "huh?!" another turn myself. It was one of those impish primate moments.
Posted by: Jeremy at May 27, 2004 07:53 AM
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