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Janet Kuypers 6/7/16 My uncle was a pilot, and I know he served in the military, but I don’t know him well enough. So I only search for the stories of the pilot with a plane of Plutonium, dropping the fat boy over Nagasaki. Because once you’re told what to do thinking can exit the equation, since everyone falls back on, “I was only following orders.” Because, who needs to question morals when you have blind obedience. * My Netherlands proclaimed neutrality at the start of World War Two. Germany invaded anyway, and only one day later Dutch forces surrendered. Germany then deported the Jews — but not without the help of the Dutch police. You know, the Dutch had one of the highest levels of collaboration with Nazi Germany. Because if you can’t beat them, join them. And just follow orders. But still, I think of my ancestors, Petronella, Johanna, Heusden natives helping the resistence. They were killed for saving lives. That’s what you get for having beliefs; for not following orders. * And yeah, when I was raised I did what I was told, I didn’t get in trouble, I was a good little girl. And what did it get me, a life of doing what I was told to do. Until I was left with one war, one voice. But that one voice was only my own, and I no longer had any orders — just a deafening silence in my effort to pick up the pieces, so I could have my own justice, on my own terms, in my own time. And still I fight — I wonder if the battle will kill me. I just don’t know how long I’ll be able to fight an uphill battle when the cards are perpetually stacked against me and I’m left to fight all alone. You try to do things on your own, but the political pundits say one thing and the talking heads say another. But you’ve gained the brains and after all this time you should know by now that you’re making the choices now. You don’t have to follow orders any more. |
