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Open Poetry #45

Soldiers or Murderers

WindWalker
Senior Member

since 2001-10-12

Posts 1218

0 posted 2009-07-03 11:06 AM

Soldiers or Murderers

A question haunts my mind:
Why is it OK for a soldier
to kill people
but not OK for a Civilian!
to do the same thing?

Civilian killers are called murderers
but why?
Because they kill the wrong people?
Soldiers are called heroes,
Is that because they kill the right people?

An interesting distinction –
completely lost on me.
Who determines who is the wrong victim
of murder;
who is the right one?

It wouldn’t be (perish the thought)
our wonderful, moral, trustworthy
politicians now, would it?
Well, yes, that is who!
The very same liars and robbers
we elect time after time,
knowing that each time
the taxes will go up
and benefits come down;
the poor will become poorer
and the rich become the super rich.

Murder is murder however you slice it!

moonbeam

Member Elite

since 2005-12-24

Posts 2356

1 posted 2009-07-03 01:12 PM

Yeah well, it's lucky some murderers defended you or your ancestors or you wouldn't be able to sit in front of your computer writing judgemental poems about them.

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