tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post5132286955345987352..comments2024-03-28T08:30:57.453-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: At the going down of the sun and in the morning ... Ovidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-43799620459454438232021-05-05T21:59:39.838-04:002021-05-05T21:59:39.838-04:00Craig, forty years ago I saw the film Gallipoli, a...Craig, forty years ago I saw the film Gallipoli, and the images burned into my mind by that experience are the first to surface whenever I think of the senseless slaughter--past and present--of the young fighting old men's wars. Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-61764755464960149392021-05-05T08:00:36.035-04:002021-05-05T08:00:36.035-04:00Thanks Annamaria. Thanks Annamaria. Kiwicraighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11687089028299093360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-30615424866081850932021-05-04T18:13:34.630-04:002021-05-04T18:13:34.630-04:00It is strange - I can remember my parents in South...It is strange - I can remember my parents in South Africa talking about Gallipoli. I can't remember the context though.Stan Trolliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12608236210727280695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-75816428934491510602021-05-04T09:23:19.328-04:002021-05-04T09:23:19.328-04:00Wonderful, moving post, Craig. My WIP for my Afri...Wonderful, moving post, Craig. My WIP for my Africa series takes place in 1915, during WWI in East Africa, so I have been absorbed with the history of those days. I watched the film “Gallipoli” again. It broke my heart again. Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-80694266285804182702021-05-04T08:25:19.321-04:002021-05-04T08:25:19.321-04:00Thanks Michael, yes it's a strange thing growi...Thanks Michael, yes it's a strange thing growing up down that way and realising that this thing that's seen as somewhat of a founding of our countries' independent spirit and breaking away from the UK, so to speak, was such a horrifying military bungle that cost so many lives. Kiwicraighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11687089028299093360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-28118461655480482172021-05-04T03:43:38.186-04:002021-05-04T03:43:38.186-04:00A very moving post, Craig. I've never been to ...A very moving post, Craig. I've never been to Gallipoli, but I remember seeing the film when I lived in Australia and being totally furious at the generals who calmly wasted all those lives on a hopeless battle. Michael Sears (of Michael Stanley)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09886295534214542834noreply@blogger.com