Comments on: remembrance day: musing on war and sacrifice http://www.moritherapy.org/article/remembrance-day-musing-on-war-and-sacrifice/ making lives better, making better lives Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:14:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: christmas, love, agape http://www.moritherapy.org/article/remembrance-day-musing-on-war-and-sacrifice/comment-page-1/#comment-684229 christmas, love, agape Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:40:17 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/?p=1586#comment-684229 [...] days i really seem to enjoy to quote from books.  here’s one i have talked about before: the priority of love: christian charity and social justice, by timothy p. jackson.  let me [...] [...] days i really seem to enjoy to quote from books.  here’s one i have talked about before: the priority of love: christian charity and social justice, by timothy p. jackson.  let me [...]

]]> By: isabella mori http://www.moritherapy.org/article/remembrance-day-musing-on-war-and-sacrifice/comment-page-1/#comment-675393 isabella mori Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:30:01 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/?p=1586#comment-675393 for those of you who follow me on facebook, there is a long, interesting and at times acerbic discussion on this post, here http://www.facebook.com//note.php?note_id=174203109521&comments= .-= isabella mori (@moritherapy)´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.moritherapy.org/article/remembrance-day-musing-on-war-and-sacrifice/" rel="nofollow">remembrance day: musing on war and sacrifice</a> =-. for those of you who follow me on facebook, there is a long, interesting and at times acerbic discussion on this post, here http://www.facebook.com//note.php?note_id=174203109521&comments=
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]]> By: Qrystal http://www.moritherapy.org/article/remembrance-day-musing-on-war-and-sacrifice/comment-page-1/#comment-675342 Qrystal Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:11:17 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/?p=1586#comment-675342 You ask many of the same questions I do every Remembrance Day. I've been battling myself on whether to get a poppy to wear, but I'm sure I will--mostly so I can place it on the wreath at the memorial I always visit at 11:00 on 11-11. I will take to heart that I am not the only one worried that it glorifies war. I will think of your grandfather, and the other medics who didn't want to fight but had to patch up (or put out of misery) the ones who did. I will think of all the people who get dragged into wars that they really wish weren't as necessary as they might seem to those who start them. I will think of the peace that results from the sacrifices made, and continue to hope that, someday, the peace can exist without more sacrifices. And, as usual, I will read the words on the monument, and I will cry. I hope that this year I am not alone at the monument. It seems our local veterans tend to go to a Vietnam monument (one with better parking, I suppose?) instead of the one that is there to honour those who fought in "The Great War"--a phrase which makes me sad because there is nothing great about wars except that they end. The END of a war is what I commemorate today. .-= Qrystal´s last blog ..<a href="http://qrystal.name/mental-battlefield/" rel="nofollow">Mental Battlefield</a> =-. You ask many of the same questions I do every Remembrance Day. I’ve been battling myself on whether to get a poppy to wear, but I’m sure I will–mostly so I can place it on the wreath at the memorial I always visit at 11:00 on 11-11.

I will take to heart that I am not the only one worried that it glorifies war. I will think of your grandfather, and the other medics who didn’t want to fight but had to patch up (or put out of misery) the ones who did. I will think of all the people who get dragged into wars that they really wish weren’t as necessary as they might seem to those who start them. I will think of the peace that results from the sacrifices made, and continue to hope that, someday, the peace can exist without more sacrifices.

And, as usual, I will read the words on the monument, and I will cry.

I hope that this year I am not alone at the monument. It seems our local veterans tend to go to a Vietnam monument (one with better parking, I suppose?) instead of the one that is there to honour those who fought in “The Great War”–a phrase which makes me sad because there is nothing great about wars except that they end.

The END of a war is what I commemorate today.
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