by * » Sat Aug 12, 2006 4:35 am
<br> <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>"..Grass was wounded in 1945 and sent to an American prisoner of war camp and later became a prominent peace activist. He said he had volunteered for army service as a way of breaking away from home and family..."</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br><br> He's 78 years old. In 1945 when he was wounded and sent to a prisoner of war camp he would have been 17. Seventeen-year-olds, in most civilized countries are not considered adults therefore not responsible for their actions. That why the war machine likes 'em young. I say he's spent the bulk of his life attoning for his callow youth.<br><br> Read <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>The Tin Drum</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> (if you haven't already)<br><br><br> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=1tal>1 tal</A> at: 8/12/06 9:49 am<br></i>