Kent State anniversary
Yesterday was the thirty-fifth anniversary of the shootings at Kent State University. I don't know why this resonates with me so much, but it does. I just mentioned a couple of days ago how much I love this country, and this seems to nullify that, but the point is - in China no one is even allowed to mention Tiananmen Square, while here Neil Young writes popular songs about the government killing students.
There's a lot on the web about the killings. Here's an article about it. There are also sites devoted exclusively to the massacre, including this one and this one. A sad day in American history.
There's a lot on the web about the killings. Here's an article about it. There are also sites devoted exclusively to the massacre, including this one and this one. A sad day in American history.
posted by Greg | 7:59 AM
1 Comments:
It's strange how people change when A) you give them a gun; or B) they're part of a mob. Psychology is weird. It's pretty obvious these kids weren't doing anything threatening, and they were just shot. It's the Ibsen rule in real life - if you give someone a gun, pretty soon he's going to fire it.
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