THE ROBERT W. WHITAKER ARCHIVE

FUN QUOTE | 2003-03-29

Watching the war coverage you hear "War is bad" over and over and over and over.

I'm happy they explain that to us, but why is this endlessly repeated wisdom limited to war?

Every day a hundred Americans are killed on our highways and hundreds more are badly hurt. But did you know that automobile accidents are bad? If Americans think war is nice, then Americans also think that a serious automobile accident is a fun thing.

We need for our wise media commentators to constantly explain to us that being killed or seriously injured in an automobile accident is an unpleasant experience.

You know, like war is.