Let's Remember

Friday, 11 November 2011

No posts today due to it being Remembrance day and, also, the busy week I've had. Let's take this time to remember the atrocities of war. I always approach this day with a bit of cynicism. First of all, most of my community did not participate in any of the wars in the last century. Secondly, it always seems to be a bit cliched to me, to paint war as something noble and the men/women as brave warriors. Certainly they are brave but there is a lot that happens in war that seems to not get remembered. Perhaps it is just that I have just finised reading 'Generals Die In Bed' by Charles Yale Harrison, an incredible book,which I recommend to everyone, history/art student or not! In any case, this is an important day and I propose we use it to remember the horrors of war, the people who died senselessly and remember that we must do all we can to make/ keep peace in the future.