Re: vets/antiwar
Jeff Hale (privacy@rt66.com)
Wed, 17 Sep 1997 09:04:14 -0600 (MDT)
On Tue, 16 Sep 1997, Shaun D. Mullen wrote:
> I have concluded that, when all is said and done, it does not matter if
> you died or were maimed taking a hit for a buddy, whether in the Central
> Highlands or in a street protest at home. It does not matter if you
> were killed in a whorehouse brawl in Saigon, drowned trying to cross a
> rice paddy because you couldn't swim (an incredible number of inner city
> kids never made it back for that most mundane of reasons), or wanted to
> flee to Canada after your draft notice arrived, but never quite had the
> balls to do so no matter how much you hated the war.
>
> All of these people, in their own way, were heroes.
Fair enough. But what about the Diggers -- people who sacrificed material
wealth and faced police/FBI repression for creating and supporting what
they hoped would be a totally unique way of life? What about those who
withstood prison time to fight the repressive marijuana laws? Are we
limiting sixties "heroes" to those who focused their lives solely upon the
Indochina conflict?
My coffee-inspired morning rant for today. Back to work.
Jeff Hale
The College of Santa Fe
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