The best Christmas story...ever.

[labrys 0]

And proof that we have the capacity to rise above war and our base instincts. I know we can do it today. I wish we would.

http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/truce.asp

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[Coreece 190]

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And proof that we have the capacity to rise above war and our base instincts. I know we can do it today. I wish we would.

http://www.snopes.com/.../christmas/truce.asp

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YOU NO FIGHT,WE NO FIGHT

Thats how simple it really is.....Everybody understands this....WTF.

Your secrets are the true reflection of who you really are...

[labrys 0]

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Thats how simple it really is.....Everybody understands this....WTF.

So true and a big

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[shropshire 0]

Pity that Football is so often used these days as a flashpoint for violence - Oh the irony.

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[jimmytavino 16]

.... it seems that the soldiers "get it".


the guys who are literally "in the trenches" and who can see the horror and death,,, right NEXT to them.... THEY get it...

problem is and has always been.....
Those who DECLARE war...... don't have to go out there, THEMselves and slug it out...( as evidenced here, by the behind the scenes generals....... Not being happy about the truce.)
they send the soldiers instead.....problem is,,,, Dead is Dead,,,, and just killiing soldiers from the 'other side' does little more than build further animosity and hate, and NOTHING good comes of it...

i always thought that wars should involve the chosen Leaders of the disputing countries, or tribes or states, or whatever... in a One -on-One. man to man contest.... of whatever chosen type.....ideally the more civil, the better.....

Have a couple of High and Mighty world leaders take some REAL shots.... lose a limb or two, face debilitating and lifelong trauma..... and MAYBE,, there can be a start to some sort of compromise and ability to work together..

perhaps a swoop contest,,,,or an accuracy meet instead of war...

work for peace ,, peacefully.

jt

[DJL 235]

Dolce et decorum est pro patria mori.

"I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

[kallend 2,150]

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Dolce et decorum est pro patria mori.

My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie;
Dulce et Decorum est
Pro patria mori.
W. Owen, KIA November 1918

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

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Dolce et decorum est pro patria mori.

Would you care to share why you think this is relevant to the OP? My intent was to point the folly of such thoughts.

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[DJL 235]

See previous (Kallend's) post.

"I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

[labrys 0]

I saw Kallend's post. What are your thoughts? Why did you post that quote yourself?

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I saw Kallend's post. What are your thoughts? Why did you post that quote yourself?

Sorry, I only have time for one liners today. If I dig up any of the papers I wrote about Dolce et Decorum and Horace vs. Wilfred Owen - or maybe on what I thought Tennyson's real intent was in Charge of the Light Brigade then I'll post it.

"I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher