Posted by Atticus on January 17, 2005, at 19:36:57
In reply to Re: poem ... A Bullet's Piercing Prayers » Atticus, posted by saw on January 17, 2005, at 0:37:50
Thanks, Sabrina. So good to have you back. I’d say this poem is really anti-war and anti-violence rather than anti-gun per se. (Although my personal stance is against private gun ownership in the U.S., I don’t like to cram my opinions about it down anyone’s throat. Besides, you’re talking about target shooting – which I consider a hobby or sport, depending on the shooter’s skill level – rather than killing people in a combat zone.) Here I was attempting to draw a parallel between Easter and Jesus’s death (the holes in Jesus’s head being from the crown of thorns rather than bullets) and the fact that the Middle East is as much a killing zone as it was two millennia ago – perhaps more so – as the innocent and the brave continue to fall. I really appreciate your writing to me, and I hope you’re continuing to do well. ;) Atticus
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