In Flanders Fields

[Curiosity]

TrueKiwi - that was a great read and a piece of your land's history....

Thanks so much - reading it here and remembering how our friend talked that day - reminded me that the large World Wars affected so many lives - so many families have their memories and we are quietly losing all of them as people fade away.

I know historians have written great tomes on battles but of the families who remained rigidly silent by their radios and who daily watched and waited for the mail and dreaded news - it was such a hell for them.

Yet - we still continue wars and killing each other only with even more sophisticated weapons.

I often think there might be one person in all of our world who knows how to stop this carnage - who has the words and courage to change our future stories of humanity interacting in peace rather than violence.

Perhaps we are not ready to hear his words - Curio

 

[Sean D]

I often think there might be one person in all of our world who knows how to stop this carnage - who has the words and courage to change our future stories of humanity interacting in peace rather than violence.

Perhaps we are not ready to hear his words - Curio

When I think of how many people have died in the wars... This person you speak of may have died in one of them. I sometimes think that we have lost the person, or a decendant that will never be born, that would cure cancer or solve so many other problems of this world. Because of these people dying in the war we may never have those solutions that would help this world.

I hope I explained that correctly

Sean

 

[Curiosity]

Sean - Welcome!

You have explained it correctly and beautifully! Thank you.

 

[Truekiwijoker]

I often think there might be one person in all of our world who knows how to stop this carnage - who has the words and courage to change our future stories of humanity interacting in peace rather than violence.

Perhaps we are not ready to hear his words - Curio

Thanks.

But I don't for one think mankind will ever stop fighting wars. As sure as we are made of homo sapian DNA you can be sure we'll go to war as quickly as we squabble with our flatmates, family, nieghbours and play each other in sport.

However, some of the more terrible wars could be avoided if we look to our history and remember that we are only all human, not some great wonder race or country on a holy mission. The Great war was totally unnecessary and could easily have been avoided, and the world at large should analyse it further, especially Mr. Rumsfeld, Mr. Bremer and Mr. Wolfowitz.

 

[Truekiwijoker]

When I think of how many people have died in the wars... This person you speak of may have died in one of them. I sometimes think that we have lost the person, or a decendant that will never be born, that would cure cancer or solve so many other problems of this world. Because of these people dying in the war we may never have those solutions that would help this world.

I hope I explained that correctly

Sean

That's especially true for the Great war, where many of Europe's most brilliant young minds perished. It was a rude new phenominum in warfare, only experienced previously by the Southern states of the U.S. Civil war, a war Europe foolishly paid scant attention too.

 

[the caracal kid]

wishful thinking.

you can also imagine how many serial killers, rapists, or what have you died because of war.

if we consider all life equal, it should be only about the fact that death occured, not the great use you could of had for one of them. ("you" meaning yourself, your society, your culture, your, your, your, or perhaps humanity at large)

 

[TenPenny]

Why is everyone jumping on Sassie, she spelled it right the second time in her post, and Caracal spelled it wrong too. Despite what anyone says I firmly believe in muscle memory.

I wasn't jumping on anyone, I was pointing out that it's a very, very common mistake. It's nice if, as part of the big deal we make out of honouring people, that we at least get the spelling correct.

Unfortunately Sassie took my post as some sort of personal attack, which baffled me, because that didn't seem like her. So I edited my post, because GOD FORBID anyone misunderstand anything and do anything sanctimonious like claim it was a personal insult or something (not that she would, this is a convoluted comment).

Trying to point out that spelling and grammar are what make the language convey meaning is a lost cause.