John Irving

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When I read books like John Irving's A Widow for One Year I get the feeling that I've been missing out, that somehow I
haven't grown up. I have yet to have a relationship as
complex or cold as the relationships he describes. I have yet
to accept the cynical reality of how people are and so I am
still bitter. I still think that there is an ideal to live up to,
places that you don't compromise. Maybe I have an
over-developed sense of entitlement. Maybe I think that I am
obligated to get more than I have any right to expect. Maybe
I look at the normal shifts and changes of relationships and
in people as being wrong because I don't change. 

 

 

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War and the Opposition

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The opposition to war in general, and the was in Iraq in specific, stem from the idea that humanity has somehow "come a long way", that we should be working to put conflict and mass bloodshed behind us. Which is as dumb an idea as you can have. As long as there are human beings there will be war and the necessity for waging it. Of course, all the reasons look questionable in the light of maimed youngsters coming home and crying bereaved families, but it doesn't meant that they are.

 

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