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« on: July 18, 2010, 09:28:10 AM » |
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MONDAY.... CHANNEL FOUR.... 19 JULY.... 8 0 CLOCK
DOCUMENTRY.... EXUMATION.... OF 250 BRITISH AND AUSTRALIAN WW1 SOLDIERS
FROMELLES NORTHERN FRANCE.
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« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2010, 08:14:02 AM » |
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That was so sad, had the tissues out more than once. What a waste of man and boy.
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« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2010, 11:45:50 AM » |
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I know it well, and it still makes me cry...Cat
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« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2010, 03:38:55 PM » |
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It's the last few lines that get to me:
"Did you really believe that this war would end wars?
Well the suffering, the sorrow, the glory, the shame
The killing, the dying, it was all done in vain,
For Willie McBride, it all happened again,
And again, and again, and again, and again."
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« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2010, 04:26:13 PM » |
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What happens in the end, We bury our dead, which we never forget. Then start all over again, just like the words to that dirge.
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« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2010, 04:28:47 PM » |
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But why? Surely there must be a better way.
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« Reply #7 on: July 20, 2010, 04:36:19 PM » |
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I can only put it all down to greed, the grass is greener, so to speak, we have been greedy too, and sadly i think we still are but, we are not alone any-more you have to think hard and deep as to what is happening.
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« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2010, 10:40:14 AM » |
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Going back to the lost Battalions, I have just read that using DNA analysis archaeologists have since named 96 of the dead,most of whom were Australian teenagers who had lied about their ages to join up.
How terribly sad...Cat
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