Christmas Eve 1914 Western Front
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Christmas Eve 1914 Western Front
Sainsburys christmas advert from last year. The centenary of the first year of WW1 and a very unique and historic christmas day.
Perhaps today's politicians should watch it and learn something about humanity.
[video]https://youtu.be/NWF2JBb1bvM[/video]
Perhaps today's politicians should watch it and learn something about humanity.
[video]https://youtu.be/NWF2JBb1bvM[/video]
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Re: Christmas Eve 1914 Western Front
IMO politicians have wars, soldiers just fight those wars for them.Blade wrote:Sainsburys christmas advert from last year. The centenary of the first year of WW1 and a very unique and historic christmas day.
Perhaps today's politicians should watch it and learn something about humanity...
If those who chose to enter into conflicts had to then partake in them directly, I expect that the world would be a far more peaceful place mate.
Generally a soldier will do his bidding, and restrict his autonomous decisions to those that directly relate to standing orders. It's too late to consider that the whole campaign is unwarranted, when the enemy's 17yo conscript is in your crosshairs.
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That's what I was implying. Politicians could watch and learn that the average man wants peace not war.
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Is that right though? Many people like to fight. Look how many joined ISIS or any terrorist or rebel organisation.
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I like to think the fighters are the minority. Most people want peace. I think and hope anyway.
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Good point.Kwacky wrote:Is that right though? Many people like to fight. Look how many joined ISIS or any terrorist or rebel organisation.
Is religion not just basically an historic pre-cursor of politics.?
Blade wrote:I like to think the fighters are the minority. Most people want peace. I think and hope anyway.
Perhaps a good proportion of people will fight, but preciously large scale conflicts have been reliant on being organised.
It will be interesting to see how social media changes & ready access to information the internet allows will change things. IMHO that is a change that we can only guess at, and the ISIS adoption of it is a very small first indication.
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Religion and politics are essentially the same "what I believe is right, your views are wrong; my way is better for society, yours aren't" etc
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I'm going to throw a curve ball into the mix...this was 1 year ago. Dam that year has gone really fast!! Seems like just yesterday that advert came out
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Always goes quick when your having fun Rossgo.
Sounds like a good year
Sounds like a good year
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Must admit has been a pretty good year Blade, no more 70hour weeks, more time with the missus and animals, few holidays away and its Christmas again which means 10 days off!!
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Sounds good Rossgo mate. Enjoy the time off and the good company
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