tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19028456.post114607168807266627..comments2023-10-02T16:20:05.107+02:00Comments on People become stories and stories become understanding: ANZAC Day in BelgiumDi Mackeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00273089782589416134noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19028456.post-1146329120630255092006-04-29T18:45:00.000+02:002006-04-29T18:45:00.000+02:00:) Doberman ... and the kivi thing was interesting...:) Doberman ... and the kivi thing was interesting.<BR/><BR/>Hi shashikiran, that's an enviable record of peace. I didn't realise that was how it has been in southern India.Di Mackeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00273089782589416134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19028456.post-1146277046070216062006-04-29T04:17:00.000+02:002006-04-29T04:17:00.000+02:00South India saw its last battles in 1799 and some ...South India saw its last battles in 1799 and some small ones for a very few years after that. That means the southern subcontinent has not experienced war for about two centuries. Even when India fought wars with Pakistan, the South only experienced the precautionary blackouts in the night, and that too, for a very short period. Some regions in the South sent out men to fight in North Africa and SE Asia. But the civilian population enjoyed only peace. The people in North India have had a larger engagement with war, though not in the scale of Europe. The psyche of the South Indian would be very different. I cannot tell which experience has strenghthened man more, though I cannot at all wish for suffering for anybody for any end.shashikiranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04666100319434310871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19028456.post-1146148879844154122006-04-27T16:41:00.000+02:002006-04-27T16:41:00.000+02:00Oh,and it's Veterans' day in Finland today. :)Oh,and it's Veterans' day in Finland today. :)Dobermannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05224951164747315571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19028456.post-1146148844594150172006-04-27T16:40:00.000+02:002006-04-27T16:40:00.000+02:00Funny thing: flightless bird -> kiwiin Finnish Kiv...Funny thing: flightless bird -> kiwi<BR/><BR/>in Finnish Kivi (v, not w) means rock/stone (small one..) and there's a finnish phrase where flightless birds are referred as stones. lol That's funny..<BR/><BR/>I know, I know.. I'm bit tired, but in good way.. ..I giggle about everything. ..and it's not the medication! XDDobermannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05224951164747315571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19028456.post-1146134025395426152006-04-27T12:33:00.000+02:002006-04-27T12:33:00.000+02:00I hope so jarvenpa ... people need to see the real...I hope so jarvenpa ... people need to see the reality rather than hear stories of glory. Conditions were so bad out there and still are today.<BR/><BR/>Lol, sorry for the image doberman ... I think NZers often see themselves as the flightless bird when they talk of Kiwis. We actually stole the Kiwifruit from the Chinese ... they were called Chinese Gooseberries back in my childhood ;)<BR/><BR/>Make sure you see your granda, I miss them and I was too young before.Di Mackeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00273089782589416134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19028456.post-1146122002591641302006-04-27T09:13:00.000+02:002006-04-27T09:13:00.000+02:00My grandas (both) told very little about the wars ...My grandas (both) told very little about the wars when I was a kid, but more and more every year I got older.. Both injured, but still lived normal, full life. My dad's father has lung-cancer (Irony: he never smoked, not even one inhale!) and on the phone he has told lot of stuff from the time BEFORE war and how he felt about having to go to war.<BR/><BR/>I have to try to get to see him this summer (he lives on the other side of the country..). Every time I ask how he is he just replies "It's good day since I'm awake, isn't it?".<BR/><BR/>Oh, and thank you for this story, it's always interesting to hear how things were for other countries at the time. I have to admit that I got this weird picture in my mind when you wrote "a bus full of Kiwis".. I'm sorry, but I just had this image of wxcited kiwis (the fruit) making noise in a bus.. lol Stupid, but entertaining.. Sorry. ;)Dobermannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05224951164747315571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19028456.post-1146097491555884472006-04-27T02:24:00.000+02:002006-04-27T02:24:00.000+02:00My grandfather was in the first world war, and nev...My grandfather was in the first world war, and never spoke of it.<BR/>But I remember the little paper poppies for sale in--I think--November, on what was termed Armistice Day, changed to Veteran's Day here in the US. As a child I thought they were so pretty, the little red poppies.<BR/>As an adult each story of war, and death, and continued conflict makes me wonder when humanity will grow up enough to put this behind them, to find some other way.<BR/>Perhaps when we really grasp the stories?jarvenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04709417058741577802noreply@blogger.com