Comments on: great minds think alike? http://lailalalami.com/2003/great-minds-think-alike/ Author of Secret Son and Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:36:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: eduardo http://lailalalami.com/2003/great-minds-think-alike/#comment-180 eduardo Thu, 03 Apr 2003 06:26:41 +0000 http://lailalalami.com/2003/great-minds-think-alike/#comment-180 "Do you really believe that the US is currently bombing non-military targets?" Yes I do, intentionally or unintentionally it doesn't matter to me. US is killing civilians. Sadam his fault using them as human shields? Of course, but what do you expect from a crazy dictator? US knew this were going to happen, but anyway attacked Iraq. Franco, who ordered Guernica's bombing, was after that an allie of the US. Spanish suffered 40 years of his dictatorship after 3 years of civil war. US never did anything to liberate the Spanish people from him. Another era? Turkey is still killing kurds, Marocco in West-Sahara (a former Spanish colony) or do you only watch TV? There are many other dictatorships which are killing his own people, but US supports them, why? It's so clear that US only defend their interests. “Do you really believe that the US is currently bombing non-military targets?”

Yes I do, intentionally or unintentionally it doesn’t matter to me. US is killing civilians. Sadam his fault using them as human shields? Of course, but what do you expect from a crazy dictator? US knew this were going to happen, but anyway attacked Iraq.

Franco, who ordered Guernica’s bombing, was after that an allie of the US. Spanish suffered 40 years of his dictatorship after 3 years of civil war. US never did anything to liberate the Spanish people from him. Another era? Turkey is still killing kurds, Marocco in West-Sahara (a former Spanish colony) or do you only watch TV? There are many other dictatorships which are killing his own people, but US supports them, why? It’s so clear that US only defend their interests.

]]> By: moorishgirl http://lailalalami.com/2003/great-minds-think-alike/#comment-179 moorishgirl Mon, 31 Mar 2003 15:53:18 +0000 http://lailalalami.com/2003/great-minds-think-alike/#comment-179 I wouldn't have said Tokyo, but Hiroshima and Nagasaki do indeed come to mind. The great thing about art is we can all interpret it differently. To me, it isn't about just the town of Guernica but about what happens in war. I wouldn’t have said Tokyo, but Hiroshima and Nagasaki do indeed come to mind. The great thing about art is we can all interpret it differently. To me, it isn’t about just the town of Guernica but about what happens in war.

]]> By: chi-cogger http://lailalalami.com/2003/great-minds-think-alike/#comment-178 chi-cogger Mon, 31 Mar 2003 11:59:03 +0000 http://lailalalami.com/2003/great-minds-think-alike/#comment-178 People seem to forget what really made the outrage of Guernica: it was not a military target yet was bombed into oblivion. Do you really believe that the US is currently bombing non-military targets? Because that's what your final sentence explicitly implies. And please don't say Dreseden and Tokyo- they were from another era. The only people who've recently bombed unarmed cities into oblivion are Saddam (documented elsewhere) and Assad (Hama). People seem to forget what really made the outrage of Guernica: it was not a military target yet was bombed into oblivion. Do you really believe that the US is currently bombing non-military targets? Because that’s what your final sentence explicitly implies. And please don’t say Dreseden and Tokyo- they were from another era.

The only people who’ve recently bombed unarmed cities into oblivion are Saddam (documented elsewhere) and Assad (Hama).

]]> By: erik http://lailalalami.com/2003/great-minds-think-alike/#comment-177 erik Sun, 30 Mar 2003 23:58:02 +0000 http://lailalalami.com/2003/great-minds-think-alike/#comment-177 "Guernica" is one of the few things I respect Picasso for. He managed to paint more vividly than most people manage to speak about war and its aftermath. I am afraid that his painting will have world-wide relevance for a long time to come yet. I fear that his painting will be more than a little prophetic about this war. I wonder what Picasso thought of humanity after finishing this painting? “Guernica” is one of the few things I respect Picasso for. He managed to paint more vividly than most people manage to speak about war and its aftermath.
I am afraid that his painting will have world-wide relevance for a long time to come yet. I fear that his painting will be more than a little prophetic about this war. I wonder what Picasso thought of humanity after finishing this painting?

]]> By: hiker http://lailalalami.com/2003/great-minds-think-alike/#comment-176 hiker Fri, 28 Mar 2003 19:39:10 +0000 http://lailalalami.com/2003/great-minds-think-alike/#comment-176 You saw the painting at CENTRO DE ARTE REINA SOF You saw the painting at CENTRO DE ARTE REINA SOF

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