July 4th-independance Day
Posted by stevelowton on July 4, 2008
So its July 4th and the whole of the USA is celebrating its deliverance from imperialism. Wow! How wonderful and how totally absurb. How does it happen that the one who has been oppressed and wronged through the greed and vanity of empires long gone then, in time, turn into the monster they have come free from?
Now I’m not hear to have another dig at the incredible nation of America. Everywhere I have travelled I have continually found Americans to be some of the friendliest and most optimistic of all. I love their confidence and passion for life. Yet as in the words of Bono, speaking after the tube bombings in London, “in attempting to defeat the monster (of terrorism ) lets be careful we do not become a monster.”
So the storyline of history repeats itself; wounds inflicted in time gone reappear to haunt and confuse world events bening played out across nations. Who is it who said “History repeats itself; it has to cos nobody listens.”
So celebrate well today America. It was my nation that wronged you centuries ago so I have no soap box to stand on. I love your beautiful country and I love the largeness of your heart. I apologise for the wounds of generations gone by and ask that you might lead the way, even at this late hour, in learning from that which has gone before.
It’s a good day!
