Wise Words

Posted on March 6th, 2007 in Customary Drivel, Politics, Unsolicited Commentary by Deas

I will try and get the graduation stuff up soon. I’m wrestling with whether or not it is ok to put video of my kids online. There have been some problems with blogs in Ehime in the past year, but it mostly had to do with Western-style outrageously sarcastic commentary or closeup photos of kids. Apparently, pervs in Japan find these photos and photoshop these innocent faces onto…older…more….um…explicit…forms, shall we say? Ok, enough of that. I think it’d probably be fine to post a video, though. Allow me to try and get a read off of some folks, first, though. Right. Now, onto my entry.

I reread a really good essay by good old C.S. Lewis entitled Why I am Not a Pacifist today. I just wanted to pass along these gems. Let me make it clear that I am not trying to start a dialogue about America’s various activities in the Middle East, but solely about a cultural place that many Americans occupy today. A place that is becoming increasingly highly politicized. When I read Lewis’ words, they really resonate. I think they are lucid, well-formed thoughts that contain some serious wisdom. (Then again, I suppose you’d have to be convinced that you were a wise old dude to head to a Pacifist Association to deliver a speech entitled Why I am Not a Pacifist, huh?) Anyway, it’s a really good read, and I highly recommend it.