Wartime Ironies

[cmdr_zoom]

Among the varied volumes on the shelf at the back of the hall where naudiz's reception was held, I found a 1940s pulp novel featuring Captain Midnight (and his Secret Squadron), which I skimmed to pass the time while the rest of the wedding party took pictures.

Reading with the benefit of historical hindsight, I noticed this unsettling coincidence: at the very moment that these patriotic adventure stories were being written, featuring villains who earned that status mostly by merit of their wily and cunning "Asiatic blood" (often mixed with good, strong white blood, a particularly vile yet potent combination), halfway around the world real people were being killed by the thousands for their unclean, inferior blood.

Darn those Nazis, ruining eugenics for the rest of us.

I wonder what will become unfashionable once the current troubles are over (if they ever end)? I'd like to think "religious intolerance", but if anything, the opposite seems to be true...

Comments

[z-gryphon.livejournal.com]

To give it slightly more relevant historical context, at that very moment in history, American boys were being informed by their trainers that they wouldn't have any problems with the Japanese if they kept their wits about them, because, although cunning and sneaky, the Japs were a) cowards; b) weaklings and c) unable to see very well.

Really.

[cmdr-zoom.livejournal.com]

Oh, I believe it.

[gwyd.livejournal.com]

I shudder.

On a lighter note, They talked me into staying an extra day. I know Paranoia/WoD is probably not your thing, but you are invited. Let me know if you're interested, so I can tweak a character for you. (I know your tastes pretty well, I think).

I have no ideas what my plans are today or tommorrow. Let me know if you want to get together.

[cmdr-zoom.livejournal.com]

I probably won't play, no, but I might just come and hang out, or something.

I'm home about 3:30. Give me a call.

[gwyd.livejournal.com]

We're home now, want to stop by?

[biomekanic.livejournal.com]

often mixed with good, strong white blood, a particularly vile yet potent combination
sbloss won't let me hybridize a master race from my own genome.

[cmdr-zoom.livejournal.com]

She never lets you do anything cool, does she? Hmph.