I was on the free Trolley that runs between our street and the Cleveland State University campus, and I overheard a young woman talking on her cell phone. That war in Iraq is still going on:
I did one tour in Iraq, and people have no idea what goes on over there.
[Listening]
On TV, you don't see people shooting at you.
[Listening]
Well, I seen things I never could've imagined I'd see. You don't see that. They don't show you that.
[Listening]
I have pictures. They oughta talk to soldiers who have been there. That's who they really oughta talk to.
I'm trying to imagine in what sense and to what extent she imagines we are deluded, because the delusion of our delusion seems nearly equal to the reality of our delusion, though far less pervasive than the delusion of our empathy.
Posted by: Kyle at November 30, 2008 01:45 AM