RE: [Futurework] RE: Drums of War (was Security Councils Responsibility)

[Lawrence DeBivort]

Hi Karen,   That 'line in the sand' thing came from the Alamo?  Well, no wonder....   Bush plays into the hands of people who view America as a degenerate brothel of gamblers and hedonists. Oh, ooops, that is ad hominem. What I meant was, President Bush is sure reliable.   Cheers, L -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Karen Watters Cole Sent: Sun, March 16, 2003 9:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Futurework] RE: Drums of War (was Security Councils Responsibility) I’m sorry, I am so used to that Alamo story as a metaphor for choosing sides/making commitments that I use it without any sense of literalism.     It was another linguistic moment when Pres. Bush chose to explain the phrase “show your cards” today from the Azores, as a Texan expression – as if Texas is another foreign country and no one else plays poker.    Oh, well, a few amusing moments today.  - Karen   I do love the oddity of the 'line in the sand' metaphor.  Anyone who has spent any time in sandy environments where the wind blows (as it does in kuwait and Iraq) will know immediately what I mean  <grin>   L Some people are drawing lines in the sand, trying to differentiate friend vs foe, and we are right to worry that the days ahead may be worse in that regard if people abandon learned lessons of tolerance, patience and respect and take up war paint and dance to war drums.  At times it feels to some of us that we are just shy of wearing yellow stars or tribal colors to distinguish one group from another.  It’s beginning to feel a little bit like the Dark Ages all over again.    We seem to be reacting to a primordial shift in our collective security and expectations about the future, which we had painted as always getting better, not worse.  The pessimists are gloating and the uber warriors celebrating their new converts.