The inexpanded reality of a child

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Scottie, I have to disagree with The Times.  I'm probably not the one to speak
on behalf of verity, but I believe that Hitler, unlike Clinton and Blair,
promised not to attack any other lands but repeatedly violated the Treaty of
Versailles, including the '38 invasion of Sudetenland.  As well, I don't think
that Lincoln intended to exterminate the secessionists, but rather to reunite
the Union.

I've truly enjoyed the recent mystical definitions of an American as well as
the follow-up wits and wisdoms of some of the great minds on this list.
However, in as much simplicity as I can bear, it sickens me.  An American
isn't a nicely phrased thought.  An American is simply a person as much as
everyone else--perhaps arrogant or perhaps altruistic, but despite that, he or
she is still a person.  Nothing more.

And without trying to downgrade the issues in Kosovo, I already hear about the
attrocities and so does everyone else on the list on a daily basis.  And I
think it is an attrocity in itself for children to be given such factual and
yet such false opinions of war.  I subscribe to this list as one of my few
escapes from the world.  Is it me, or have adults forgotten that their
conceptions directly affect the conceptions of children?

Although, perhaps my thoughts are the example of the personal reality in which
we, children, live.  Which brings me to my Salinger question:  does Salinger
use children with an acceptance of social reality or personal reality?  I'm
sure that most common response I'll get will support personal reality, but is
there an argument to show children having a much keener understanding of
reality than the adult-world would like to admit?


Mike

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