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Jan. 19th, 2003
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Jan. 19th, 2003 05:32 pmI'm watching The Majestic. I'd heard good things about it, and it was way cheap at blockbusters. So I picked it up. And I wasn't planning to watch it today, I was going to watch The Cat's Meow. But I popped it in. And round about the middle, it got really appropriate. I'm not saying I wouldn't have thought so last week when I bought it, but after spending a long time in the cold yesterday watching people who felt so strongly about what the government was doing wrong, it really hit a sore point.
For those who haven't seen it before, it involves a Hollywood writer who gets accused of being a communist--unamerican behavior, remember? I won't spoil it for anyone, but I was watching him defending himself to the committee, and I felt even better about going to the protest yesterday. Too many things too close to today.
My mom said according to NPR there is one member of congress who has a child who would be affected by the draft. One. Everyone I know, nearly, would be of the age. The town in the movie is a small town in CA that lost 62 boys in world war 2. 62. I thought about that. My high school class was 87 people. I don't remember the numbers, but say half was boys, 30%-50% of them ineligible for whatever reason (physical injuries, college, whatever). Take the classes above us and below us. three years of boys gone. Split it further--even 10 boys from my class would be a serious dent. There are more than that in the armed forces now, but still. And 50 years ago, that would have crippled our town.
For those who haven't seen it before, it involves a Hollywood writer who gets accused of being a communist--unamerican behavior, remember? I won't spoil it for anyone, but I was watching him defending himself to the committee, and I felt even better about going to the protest yesterday. Too many things too close to today.
My mom said according to NPR there is one member of congress who has a child who would be affected by the draft. One. Everyone I know, nearly, would be of the age. The town in the movie is a small town in CA that lost 62 boys in world war 2. 62. I thought about that. My high school class was 87 people. I don't remember the numbers, but say half was boys, 30%-50% of them ineligible for whatever reason (physical injuries, college, whatever). Take the classes above us and below us. three years of boys gone. Split it further--even 10 boys from my class would be a serious dent. There are more than that in the armed forces now, but still. And 50 years ago, that would have crippled our town.