tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post4867748713998342414..comments2024-03-28T08:30:57.453-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: Too little, and far too late. But better than nothing.Ovidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-45678915427707647092014-11-29T03:37:40.312-05:002014-11-29T03:37:40.312-05:00It's terrible to think of the loss of so many ...It's terrible to think of the loss of so many young, promising lives in that unnecessary war. So many deaths, injuries and what we now know as post-traumatic stress disorder.<br />When I see the paintings of young artists whose lives were lost, it just feels like the world lost so much talent unnecessarily, in addition to their right to life was snuffed out.<br />Thanks for the post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-48661339171312394582014-11-27T13:11:55.681-05:002014-11-27T13:11:55.681-05:00Beautiful post. I share a small part of your fasci...Beautiful post. I share a small part of your fascination with WWI, Stan. Other Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08079055348844157557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-3164427040623090062014-11-27T12:36:57.427-05:002014-11-27T12:36:57.427-05:00I always have to shake my head when I read things ...I always have to shake my head when I read things like, "...who made an immense contribution towards world peace." It's rare that war makes any contribution toward world peace except by exhausting everyone involved to the point of not being able to continue. A line like that is all too similar to "Dulce et Decorum est <br />Pro patria mori." Great post, Stan.<br />Everett Kaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371555243187874414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-53190324828250595802014-11-27T10:39:44.794-05:002014-11-27T10:39:44.794-05:00No apology is necessary for the length of this, St...No apology is necessary for the length of this, Stan. There is quite enough here to bring tears to my eyes. I have just begun to scratch the surface of this subject. I am just beginning Tolliver3, and the war for my characters is still two books off. On that 100th anniversary battlefield tour of Kenya that I took in August, the organizer spoke often and eloquently of the suffering of the black Africans. They were the porters who carried the supplies and war materiel to the front through the Tsavo desert and died in their thousands from exhaustion and disease, snake and scorpion bite. The Brits owed their victory (if one can call it that) to those men. Our little group visited both categories of cemeteries: the ones for Europeans and the ones for non-whites. It's all heartrending. Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-47020406488756635372014-11-27T08:17:19.804-05:002014-11-27T08:17:19.804-05:00Powerful, powerful post, Stan. But I'd expect ...Powerful, powerful post, Stan. But I'd expect nothing less in a piece by you on a subject you care about so deeply. Knowing you, my only question is did you have to look up any of the verses, or were you able to transcribe them all from memory?Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.com