  According to Denzel, he's an ex-slave. In an interview with Katie Couric he had the following to say when asked if he had seen F9/11 "You know, I haven't seen Fahrenheit 9/11, because I live in America. I grew up here. I'm an ex-slave. I'm a result of what this country can do. So it's nothing knew to me. I'm not surprised at all. It's just business as usual. What I want to talk about is, what are we doing right now, today, for these young kids that are coming home?
So, how old is Denzel? To have been a slave in this country, he would have to be at least 139 years old. Well, he looks good for a man of his age. Given that many people around the globe are still held in bondage (not all formally slaves, of course. But the position of many Third World workers, women and members of minority groups or 'inferior' castes, etc is similar) for someone like Washington - one of the richest men in Hollywood - to claim kinship with the oppressed masses of humanity is, well, obscene. Oh, and Mr. Washington, I'm not certain how you define "young kids" but that generally does not encompass people in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s.
We need to stop infantilizing the military. The men and women who are serving this country need as much support as we can give them. They do not need some rich man talking down to them, pretending they are helpless children. You can read the rest of the interview with Washington, Meryl Streep and Johnathan Demme (if you really have some time to kill) at urlLink MSNBC . 
