In times of old, The Furies protected Mother Right. If a mother (or any woman) was harmed, The Furies swooped down and took their vengeance. They were one of the last vestiges of a world that existed before the patriarchy. When we feel righteous anger, it is The Furies who are calling out to us to make what is wrong right again.

Saturday, May 08, 2004

In a Charmed Pot 

We just went for a drive down the Gorge. Huge glorious thunderclouds cushioned the sky from nightfall, taking the last rays of sunshine and bouncing them from here to there so that the clouds took on colors exotic to them during daylight—faded curtain-yellow and deep depression blue. The further we drove East, the more the cushions looked like giant inverted bubbles in an upside down cauldron, getting ready to burst and spill the brew all over the Gorge.

...Sweated venom sleeping got,
Boil thou first in the charmed pot.
Double,double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and cauldron bubble.

I watched old Rummy testify Friday. The testimony before the Senators was relatively dignified: I couldn't always tell who was Republican and who was Democrat by their remarks. It was a different story in the House. They kissed Rummy's...everything. He said he couldn't imagine anyone thought abusing and torturing the prisoners was the right thing to do. Huh? Wasn't Rumsfeld the one who said that the US wasn't really going to worry about the Geneva convention when it came to detainees? He set the stage. He's the head honcho, and he essentially said it was all right to be abusive.

All these politicians (and others) are in an uproar over the abuse of these prisoners (as well they should be), but here's the question: so it's OK for the US to go over there and invade the country, kill thousands of Iraqis, destroy their government and infrastructure, but it's a no-no to abuse and torture them? ISN'T IT ALL WRONG? And who are these thousands of people they are "detaining?" No one seems to be asking that question either. Are they just poor schmoes the US decided to put in prison? Any due process happening there?

Everyone keeps saying how surprised they are that this happened. Were you surprised? I wasn't. War is an atrocity. It ain't civilized, and people are not going to act in a civilized way.

OK. Nuff. Have a good weekend!
Posted by: Kim Antieau / 5/08/2004 09:09:00 PM
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