Heart of the City by Steenz for October 21, 2014
Transcript:
Man: I'll spare ya the details, but when I came back from Vietnam, my head wasn't screwed on right... I saw alot of bad stuff and I used booze and drugs to blot out the pain. And when that didn't work, I took it out on my wife. Man: I wasn't killed on the battlefield, but I brought the war home and tried to destroy my life.
Templo S.U.D. about 10 years ago
It ain’t easy being a soldier who suffered that much in action. (The wife must’ve taken the daughter with her to get away from him and the Leia costume was probably an apology present or something.)
blunebottle about 10 years ago
Important for kids to hear what it was really like, from one who lived it.
Observer fo Irony about 10 years ago
Would that be the day for hero-in action?
magicwalnut about 10 years ago
Oh! I don’t know about that. Seems kind of sick to use little kids for therapists…
RickMK about 10 years ago
I wish all the Democrats and all the Republicans who are so desperate to have a war with somebody somewhere over something would learn a lesson from that.
WaitingMan about 10 years ago
George Orwell wrote about the nightmare of perpetual war. Today’s politicians think, “Perpetual war? What a lovely idea.”
Nighthawk700 about 10 years ago
Wow, Mark seems to be pulling a page from Trudeau, getting serious about veterans. I’m hooked now.
Comic Minister Premium Member about 10 years ago
Whoa!
bobdingus about 10 years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl9ZkYViEIs
Jim Kerner about 10 years ago
You have to teach the children well. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.
StevenJames about 10 years ago
I don’t think it was meant as a joke, rather as cultural confusion. Most people I know have never heard of Rememberance Day (Poppy Day) or Armistice Day, because they’re not celebrated here in the States. Here we have Veterans’ Day and Memorial Day, which are both celebrated at different times of year from your holidays.
sjsczurek about 10 years ago
I don’t favor war any more than the next person.But this semi-psycho Vietnam veteran stuff is getting old – if it hasn’t already.
Decepticomic over 3 years ago
What a fun children’s story. Still, better than just babying them.