March 30, 2003

it’s a mistake

Yesterday morning at work someone was playing Men At Work’s It’s A Mistake. At 6:15 with the sun not peaking over the mountains and a stillness in the air, the men from “down under” put a funky rhythm and perfect prose to my feelings:

After the laughter has died away
And all the boys have had their fun
No surface noise now, not much to say
They’ve got the bad guys on the run

Don’t try to say you’re sorry
Don’t say he drew his gun
They’ve gone and grabbed old Ronnie
He’s not the only one saying

It’s a mistake, it’s a mistake
It’s a mistake, it’s a mistake

I’m not sure what the original song was specifically about (maybe just war in general), but it seems extremely appropriate right now.

Later that day a comment was made about how the prisoners of war in Iraq have likely been killed. “They are such animals,” in the mind of the commentator. I don’t necessarily disagree that those actions were wrong, but I don’t think anyone needed to die at all. You won’t see a banner on my site, but I will probably be checking in to the Iraq Body Count website every so often to keep tabs on just how much of a mistake we are making.

posted @ 10:47 PM

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