Laurent said "The commentator concluded
with: "What if the rest of the U.S.
declared war on New Hampshire?".
I know this is a very serious subject, but I had to
laugh at this one. I can't guarantee that the rest of
the U.S. would win - except everyone would probably get
bored with fighting, decide to go skiing instead, break
their legs on some icy White Mountain slope, and go
home.
And, going back to the original Joni quote, she
actually says something rather profound in "don't we
get bored." In a certain sense, violence is a somewhat
abstract form of entertainment for the general American
public, I think. (movies, tv...) Sure, there is
violence in the U.S., but to not the scale or for the
reasons in other areas of the globe. (Yes, these are
generalizations, and there are always exceptions...)
Plus, we actually aren't very good, as a nation, at
holding a grudge. The news anchor said apologetically
the other night "Just one more item in the Middle East
briefing..." Kind of like "we'll move on to something
more interesting in a minute." Like how to lose weight
faster, or something.
I'm thinking of another Joni quote "land of short
attention spans." We want to flip the channel, this
conflict is repetitious and there's "no cease fire in
view." It's "just more bang bang, ketchup color to" us.
But it's not quite "more Twentieth Century Fox" because
there are not characters to follow, no great plot line,
and there's no end in site.
I'm actually not saying all of this is bad. Even after
9/11, I think we're kind of naive in an innocent sort
of way. (Another generalization, I know...)
lots of love
Anne
