Anything painful should be kept out of sight, in deference to those who do not wish to have pointless emotions. Coffins of the war dead should not be photographed. The president should not call attention to funerals. Who could be so presumptuous, so hateful, as to make him notice an individual death? On his vacation, no less. Would you want to deal with grieving mothers on your vacation? Of course not.
Read the rest of this brilliant piece at
http://freeandresponsible.blogspot.com/2005/08/walter-brueggemann-meet-cindy-sheehan.html
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