Fun In A War Zone

It didn't seem to matter to the South Vietnamese kids in this snapshot that their country was at war.  They were having fun even though their country was being ripped apart.  And that is how it should be.  Let kids be kids.

War should be something that adults alone worry about.  Why force children to dwell on war if they don't have to?  Let them have fun instead.  Kids were kids in South Vietnam.  Rich or poor, I found that kids were doing kid things for the most part.  Just like I did when I was a kid.

I expect that the lives of North Vietnamese kids were a lot different back then.  My impression was the Communist government of North Vietnam didn't allow their kids to have fun.  Instead, they were indoctrinated in the ways and beliefs of Communism starting at a very early age.  They turned kids into little soldiers.  The same thing is happening today in many Muslim countries.  Kids are immersed in religion at a very early age.  As part of their religious training, they are taught to hate.  I don't think anyone should be taught to hate.  Let kids find out about hate on their own if they must.

The world is a better place where kids can be kids.