'Death planes' should not be entertainment

Sept. 5 − To the Editor:

Did everyone enjoy the air show this weekend? How repugnantly privileged we are to be entertained by the sights and sounds of warfare. In less fortunate places around the world, these are the sights and sounds that are seen and heard just before someone’s city or town is reduced to rubble. That monstrous roar that cuts through the sky like thunder is what is heard just before someone’s life is taken in an instant, with a sudden flash of fire and human carnage. But here in America, the spectacles of death planes flying overhead are a jolly form of amusement for those of us lucky enough to never have to experience the horrors of war on our own soil. How fortunate we are to be on this side of that equation.

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