good day

yesterday was fun. My lovely bride and I spent the entire day together just doing Stuff. We went out shopping, had lunch, did some more stuff, came home and pottered around the house. Nothing amazing. nothing earth shattering, just were together. We watched the patriot last night, and I have to say I like the movie a lot. I think it's worth sitting through the cheeziness to remember not only the horror of war, but also the horror of what it does to people. But also, why it is important to fight for Right and to be courageous enough to work endlessly to resolve a problem without resorting to violence, but then to have the courage to accept that all other means have been exhausted and that the only response is force. This is interesting thinking given the current OKC brouhaha going on. I guess the difference between the decision that McVeigh and co made (and all the school shooters who wanted to "show people") and the Revolutionary War is that their decisions were unilateral and not shared by others. The justifications are spurious to say the least, but at the same time, important to them. Before people start leaping to their defence, I personally believe that violence is nothing but a last resort, and that the oft-quoted "All that needs to happen to allow evil to flourish is for good men to stand by" is not a justification for terror. It is a justification to raise an army to fight against an injustice, but the weapon of the weak - terror - is never excusable.