NP? God bless Afghanistan
MalignD at aol.com
MalignD at aol.com
Sun Nov 11 17:53:25 CST 2001
In a message dated 11/11/1 11:41:36 PM, you wrote:
The Millison:
<<the thing that sometimes bothers me about these displays of national
sentimentality is that they don't seem to take into account -- don't publicly
acknowledge at least -- the people who suffer at the other end of the missile
trajectory rainbow, on the receiving end of the ordnance; in our church, we
believe that God loves everybody, not only Americans.>>
There are some 5000+ American dead. The singing of God Bless America, in
this instance, is not national sentimentality; it is grief voiced as hope.
And your stupid song doesn't scan.
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