Remembrance Sunday

Jimbuna · 11-10-19, 05:57 AM

Skybird · 11-10-19, 06:43 AM

Learn...!

August · 11-10-19, 10:19 AM

Oh we did learn and we got much better at it the second time around.

I remember.

My Great Grandfather is buried in those fields.

August Karl KIA Oct. 3 1918

Skybird · 11-10-19, 11:13 AM

There is more to it. For example learning not to sleepwalk into regime changes that then trigger such desasters. Or learning not to appease external aggressors until they can no longer be contained.

Small problems must be solved before they have turned into big problems (Lao Tse).

Thats the point both for civilization and society, and for bilateral relations between nations and their societies.

Not allowing/causing/wanting needless wars for the wrong, unnecessary reasons, and not allowing those pushing these kind of desasters for their personal reasons to gain power and influence. Thats is what is to be learned.

Else there wil be more days of rememberance in the future than originally would have been needed. Differentiating between conflicts that cannot be avoided and must be fought out and won, and conflicts that are needlessly wanted: and early recognising developements and factors that lead the world onto slippery slopes.

Learn...! Remembering is not enough, and just leads to history repeating itself. Its like public mournings after another school shooting, or public gatherings after another religious or racist attack on somebody wearing a Kippa. This is routine by now. Hollow, meaningless, show. Petrified ritual.

That is not enough - and makes mockery of those who suffered and died.

stork100 · 11-11-19, 07:18 AM

Lest we forget.

u crank · 11-11-19, 07:22 AM

11-10-19, 05:57 AM	#1
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,165 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Remembrance Sunday __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

11-10-19, 06:43 AM	#2
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 40,493 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Learn...! __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

11-10-19, 10:19 AM	#3
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 22,667 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Oh we did learn and we got much better at it the second time around. I remember. My Great Grandfather is buried in those fields. August Karl KIA Oct. 3 1918 __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

11-10-19, 11:13 AM	#4
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 40,493 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	There is more to it. For example learning not to sleepwalk into regime changes that then trigger such desasters. Or learning not to appease external aggressors until they can no longer be contained. Small problems must be solved before they have turned into big problems (Lao Tse). Thats the point both for civilization and society, and for bilateral relations between nations and their societies. Not allowing/causing/wanting needless wars for the wrong, unnecessary reasons, and not allowing those pushing these kind of desasters for their personal reasons to gain power and influence. Thats is what is to be learned. Else there wil be more days of rememberance in the future than originally would have been needed. Differentiating between conflicts that cannot be avoided and must be fought out and won, and conflicts that are needlessly wanted: and early recognising developements and factors that lead the world onto slippery slopes. Learn...! Remembering is not enough, and just leads to history repeating itself. Its like public mournings after another school shooting, or public gatherings after another religious or racist attack on somebody wearing a Kippa. This is routine by now. Hollow, meaningless, show. Petrified ritual. That is not enough - and makes mockery of those who suffered and died. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

11-11-19, 07:22 AM	#6
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,558 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	__________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

11-11-19, 07:18 AM	#5
stork100 Weps Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Australia Posts: 352 Downloads: 92 Uploads: 0	Lest we forget.