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readingredhead) wrote2008-10-03 08:07 pm
readingredhead) wrote2008-10-03 08:07 pm
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Writer's Block: Day of German Unity
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Um. Okay. That's a strange question for you.
Sincerely though? I'm glad I wasn't really alive during the Cold War, but I don't think that the world's threat level has lessened since then. Maybe I'm glad the Cold War is over, but the mentality of the Cold War -- of Us vs. Them -- hasn't changed. We've just redefined the categories.
The Cold War went on as long as it did because propaganda machines in both Russia and America drove it. Let's not make that mistake again.
Um. Okay. That's a strange question for you.
Sincerely though? I'm glad I wasn't really alive during the Cold War, but I don't think that the world's threat level has lessened since then. Maybe I'm glad the Cold War is over, but the mentality of the Cold War -- of Us vs. Them -- hasn't changed. We've just redefined the categories.
The Cold War went on as long as it did because propaganda machines in both Russia and America drove it. Let's not make that mistake again.