Tuesday, May 05, 2009

the myth of redemptive violence



3 comments:

byron smith said...

That second image looks familiar...

It is a plaque in the garden at the centre of the Truman library in Missouri.

Megs said...

i don't like the way the plaque-inscibers value some lives at the expense of others...
i just went away and read the bit in Chaim Potok's 'Book of Lights' where Gershon reads Kaddish in Hiroshima, beside the monument to the victims of the bomb...

Megs said...

Dearling, did you know that in Jewish tradition, one who is mourning the loss of a parent recites Kaddish in the presence of a congregation, daily, for 11 months - so you would still be saying Kaddish for your Mom.
I love you,
M