I read that piece in the LRB last ningt. Most depressing article I've seen
in a long time. Last year on my blog, I got hammered by right-wingers for
writing that I "do not support the troops" because the "troops" have for the
most part become a crazed & murderous expeditionary force in a video game.
Of course there are decent human beings caught up for various reasons in
fighting the US war, but American military culture has lost consciousness of
what it is supposed to be defending. The "support the troops" rhetoric is
noxious precisely because it is meant to cover appalling & illegitimate
violence. The phrase itself is a form of violence.
jd
On Feb 1, 2008 3:42 PM, Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Voices: American, English.
> A door crashes.
> His feet and hands secured
> to a wooden board
> head down
> feet up
> his hood chafes
> on blood-flooded cheeks
>
> a joke
> someone laughs
>
> a metal hoop clanks
> uneasily under weight
> his breath comes fast, shallow
> fists balled, twisting
> the first time the wait was easy
> cold wet gag gag gag
> no choke no
> no no no
> no no gag
>
> On Feb 1, 2008 6:21 PM, Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >
> > He hears accents, American, English.
> > A door crashes.
> > They secure his feet and hands
> > to a wooden board
> > head down
> > feet up
> > his hood chafes
> > on blood-flooded cheeks
> >
> > a joke
> > someone laughs
> >
> > a metal hoop clanks
> > uneasily under weight
> > his breath comes fast, shallow
> > fists balled, twisting
> > the first time the wait was easy
> > wet gag gag gag
> > no choke no
> > no no no
> > no no gag
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/
> > "She went out with her paint box, paints the chapel blue
> > She went out with her matches, torched the car-wash too"
> > The Go-Betweens
> >
>
>
>
> --
> My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/
> "She went out with her paint box, paints the chapel blue
> She went out with her matches, torched the car-wash too"
> The Go-Betweens
>
--
Joseph Duemer
Professor of Humanities
Clarkson University
[sharpsand.net]
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