General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: We are truly in an "Age of Ignorance" [View all]Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)Education is the lantern that shines a light on knowledge.
Faux Snooze was the worst thing to ever happen to America.
The "dumbing down" of the American people.
"We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it -- and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on the hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again -- and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one any more." ~ Mark Twain
After the Vietnam War, after all that hell, we still didn't learn our lesson about the military industrial complex. Then Bush invaded Iraq and Afghanistan. And here we are, 10 years later in Afghanistan, no better off than we were in 1968 in Vietnam. If this continues for another year, there has to be a national response to the killing and maiming of innocent people living in other countries, or else this country can never, ever achieve "peace in our time".