> I thought so, too. Then I saw "Saving Private Ryan". It
> really shocked me,
> especially that silly corporal talking about high art while
> his buddies died
> around him. That was me, the intellectual...afraid to die,
> afraid to kill.
> Afraid to live. I cried and cried. But what I learned was
> that there may
> be some day when all this must be put aside and no matter how FUBAR
> the world is, sometimes you just have to pick up the gun and
> shoot. Not
> becuase it's good, but becuase that's what life is, sometimes.
>
> Reed
resounding agreement there. Its really the threshold that is the difference. i hope to never truly discover this threshold.
Bill Roh