From: Nils Crompton <nilscrompton-AT-mac.com>
Subject: Re: War, Death and History
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 07:38:48 +1000


I totally agree with your critique.

Nils

On 20/10/2004, at 6:35 AM, John Young wrote:

> It is not clear if this post is offered as pro-war or anti-war 
> apologia.
>
> It is certainly sappy in either case for what it presents as comforting
> vacuity, to wit:
>
> "Nations exist because memorials testify to the fact that people
> have died in their name."
>
> "Wars happen. When war happens, soldiers die."
>
> Every paragraph offers the same vapidities. As if the author
> never learned to think about what he was feeling, so threw
> out words in hope they would convey the insipid urge to
> take on big topics.
>
> It is this mindset that produces propaganda for ministries
> of defense, rather, apologia for warmongerers.
>
> White crosses and red poppies and war memorials
> are glycerine tears.