11-14-2023, 10:39 PM
At this late date, I will confess I was offended by the poem. I understood you were being ironic, but it seemed too soon, with innocent people currently dying in large numbers, to make light of it.
There was a NYTimes editorial about the pressure to take sides in this horror (which I didn't read) early on in the conflict. I probably should have read it.
Anyway, I've concluded that the best I can do is to not take any side, to absorb the ugliness of it as best I can, and hope it will end soon.
I came across this article about neolithic warfare recently, which may or may not be relevant:
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1504365112
There was a NYTimes editorial about the pressure to take sides in this horror (which I didn't read) early on in the conflict. I probably should have read it.
Anyway, I've concluded that the best I can do is to not take any side, to absorb the ugliness of it as best I can, and hope it will end soon.
I came across this article about neolithic warfare recently, which may or may not be relevant:
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1504365112