Let's talk of family values while we sit and watch the slaughter...

[lyssie]

I heart many people. Rossi, Michael Moore, Danny Elfman...

But that's a thought for a private post.

Anyway.

Gordon, darling, I've remembered. I went ahead and grokked some of the KoP issues that were hanging about the bins. Which ones are you missing again?

And. Final thought: Dai Thomas is not a Mary Sue. Shevaun Haldane, however, IS. Bigtime. Must compile a profile at another time.

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[gordon-r-d.livejournal.com]

Off the top of my head I think it's issue 17, the one with the Liam Sharp cover of Grace wearing very little and grinning evily, IIRC. I know I've got it, it's just a matter of finding it in the absolute chaos that is my room. :)

OK, that's twice now...

[mike-smith.livejournal.com]

...that you've denigrated the war coverage on TV by implying that the American people are so desensitized to military combat that they consider it to be entertainment.

Try it again, Lyssie. Tell me all about how I'm up till 2am flipping between CNN and Fox News because I'm some insensitive dolt who can't distinguish fantasy violene from the real thing. It wasn't cute or witty the first two times, but hey, third time's the charm.

Let me reiterate, if the point hasn't been made already: I and everyone else following the war are following it because we genuinely care about the lives of the people involved, whether we supported the war or opposed it. If you think the cable news people are only interested in making a quick buck, you might be partially right, but it's also because they know they're supplying a heavy demand. They cover the war because they know damn well that if a guy like me wakes up at four in the morning and wants to know what's happened, I'll need to find someone on TV to tell me.

Four in the morning, boom, eight-fifty in the morning, boom. About half an hour ago, I tuned in to find out that they finally found all those Silkworm missiles that Iraq had been lobbing at Kuwait, which in more human terms means that there's a significantly improved chance that my girlfriend won't get blown up in the next few weeks.

But no, Michael Moore thinks it's all a big game show to the American people. Yeah, it's the fucking Price Is Right, only the rules are that I sit at home hoping she doesn't get suicide bombed or shot long enough for some other guy I don't even know to wander into a building with a clicking Geiger counter and a prayer. Michael Moore can kiss my ass once I've stopped shaking.

I'm not asking you to support the war, and you might even be right to oppose it. But don't you dare think for one second that the people sitting at home watching it on TV don't understand the gravity of the situation. We do all too well, and that's why we're watching in the first place.

And if you can't grasp that, then maybe you're the one who's not fully in touch with the reality of what's going on.