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Ed Harris (venezia)

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Date Posted: 19:33:57 11/15/04 Mon
In reply to: A 's message, "Democracy, germans etc" on 19:26:37 11/15/04 Mon

Remembering is the point, not learning. Learning is up to the politicians, not the veterans with half their limbs missing. At remembrance services, there is never any mention of the justice of particular wars, past and present, just the hardship and sacrifices of the people who ended up taking part in them. That is only fair.

And if you were taught in school to glorify wars, then I guess that you went to school a long time ago, probably before 1919. Since then, wars have been descibed in all schools in the British world as a source of sadness and regret. Except America, of course, where they make the exceptions of the American Revolution, World War II and the Star Wars troligy.

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[> [> [> [> Subject: no one ever glorified war when I was at school
Author: Ian (Australia) [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 19:44:48 11/15/04 Mon ANZAC Day services were always very solemn occasions. What's the point in remembering if you don't also learn? Look at it this way: if we forget, we have also lost the chance to learn. Remembering keeps alive the possibility of learning. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]