Obligatory Postscript

I’ve gotten a lot of mail about my Obligatory War Opinion, and all of it has been articulate and insightful. I appreciate that. I may post some of varying responses that have been offered up later today, but I promise this isn’t going to turn into a war blog: there are enough people doing that already, and doing it better than I could. Plus also when all the available media is saturated with frustrating, ineffectual war commentary already, I know I need a break from thinking and talking and reading about it, and I suspect you probably do too. But before I shut up about current events and go back to talking about dirty snow sculptures and video games, I just want to point out this list of weblogs by journalists in Iraq and express my appreciation for the aptness with which Tom Coates has altered the sentiment of Niels Bohr as quoted by Stephen Fry: In fact, my only piece of advice to people on both sides of this issue is an analogue to Bohr’s comments - anyone who is 100% sure of the morality of their position with regard to the war in Iraq probably hasn’t understood the issues involved. Be prepared to have your mind changed.

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