tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post2368340084670821457..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Of arms and the man I sing by Mary HoffmanMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-26307820010585201222014-08-25T09:37:15.261+01:002014-08-25T09:37:15.261+01:00A lovely post, Mary. I am pleased to see that ther...A lovely post, Mary. I am pleased to see that there ceramic poppies for the victims of Bayeux, too. It's easy to think differently of wars that are long ago, but not reasonable to do so.Stroppy Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-2782092451657308002014-08-06T20:17:19.561+01:002014-08-06T20:17:19.561+01:00A very timely and moving post, Mary. Alas, David C...A very timely and moving post, Mary. Alas, David Cameron's remarks did give a depressing indication of how little we have learned...if only a tenth of the money spent on military R &D was spent on research into conflict resolution and building peace, young men might not have to kill and be killed in future wars. Perhaps, as well as remembering the dead, I should write to my MP and suggest that. Would anyone like to join me?Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-68190226124078642432014-08-05T15:09:31.105+01:002014-08-05T15:09:31.105+01:00Thank you for this, Mary - a really moving and tho...Thank you for this, Mary - a really moving and thought-provoking post. Last night, like many thousands of others, I lit a candle in memory of those who died in the 1914-18 war, and in wars since. A good time to reflect on why, in 100 years, we seemed to have learned so little.Christina Koninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10275312730534980490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-8453522559608599262014-08-05T10:05:41.633+01:002014-08-05T10:05:41.633+01:00Very good post, Mary. And lovely to see those Baye...Very good post, Mary. And lovely to see those Bayeux poppies. The London moat poppies are beautiful too.adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-91847080793285001982014-08-05T08:23:02.328+01:002014-08-05T08:23:02.328+01:00Such a moving post, Mary. Thank you. Because I fee...Such a moving post, Mary. Thank you. Because I feel so impotent, I have made a small pact with myself, which is that when I come across a gesture of healing or peace, I am reposting it. An Israeli hugging an Arab, A group of journalists from Tel Aviv taking a busload of flowers and medicines to the Gaza gate…. whatever it may be. Only arms dealers and politicians want wars, it is rarely if ever the regular soldier. In 1914, there was no real way for the ordinary man and woman to express their desire not to go to war, to fully comprehend what was at stake, what games were being played out… We have the media to report 7/7 and we have social media. These offer us far more opportunities to voice our concerns, to speak out for peace, to cast our vote. To support small gestures of peace and moves towards dialogue might be ways to show that we have learnt something. Carol Drinkwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05837854482139736944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-78241576378703856152014-08-05T06:58:47.881+01:002014-08-05T06:58:47.881+01:00It might be a 'small step', but it is what...It might be a 'small step', but it is what we can do.Ms.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09479767121319709878noreply@blogger.com