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ankhorite

Forever War, Forever...

Apr 25, 2009 08:38

So, because I last read it more than twenty years ago and had zero memory of the gay theme that made such an impression on my dearest savant_da_rat, I just finished The Forever War by Joe Haldeman (1975) and am starting The Forever Peace (1997).

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leejean April 25 2009, 13:40:42 UTC

Sorry to say I skipped the entry behind the cut as I only meant to find out about the gay theme.

I'm taking a break from conflict. The war here after the Singapore equivalent of the Phelps took over the feminist group Aware is enough to last me a while.

Forever War: The Gay ankhorite April 25 2009, 14:00:12 UTC

I don't blame you a bit. In short, the protagonist, a male heterosexual, time-travels into a future where he is shocked to find gayness is accepted ( ... )

menagerie73 April 27 2009, 05:26:40 UTC

I was going to write a longer post, but I've got to go to work in 5 hours, and there are a lot of times I REALLY don't want to get involved in this conversation with you. I guess I'm just being weak this time for not turning away. I'm going to settle by just pointing out the rest of the story ( ... )

Wars and Parties ankhorite May 7 2009, 09:58:16 UTC

You're right, JFK & LBJ were in it up to their eyeballs, and it's my fault for not knowing enough about Korea to include it in my rants.

Both of those wars, though, were before I came of age politically speaking (though I remember Nixon declaring an end to Vietnam when I was a tweener) and so while it sure looks like I'm just giving Dems a pass, the problem really is that I can only write competently, or with personal passion, about the wars I witnessed: those from the days of Reagan on. :(

I missed more than half of the 20th century, though I am (as of the day you left the note above!) a half-century old myself. Yeeesh.

But you'll think better of me, maybe, when I start kicking Obama's ass about his willingness to continue some of the unconstitutional behavior of the B43 Administration, such as the dubious application of a "state secrets privilege" and his willingness to even consider the illegal "military tribunals" to try the people in Gitmo, Baghram, etc ( ... )