Jun
19
“When the bombers got back to their base, the steel cylinders were taken from the racks and shipped back to the United States of America, where factories were operating day and night, dismantling the cylinders, separating the dangerous contents into minerals. Touchingly, it was mainly women who did this work. The minerals were then shipped to specialists in remote areas. It was their business to put them into the ground, to hide them cleverly, so they would never hurt anybody again.”
This all too familiar quote describing WWII in reverse, from Slaughterhouse-Five, had left quite an impression on me. It is difficult to truly appreciate what lengths we go to in producing our infernal machines. (via Jason Kottke)
This all too familiar quote describing WWII in reverse, from Slaughterhouse-Five, had left quite an impression on me. It is difficult to truly appreciate what lengths we go to in producing our infernal machines. (via Jason Kottke)