[Fuusm-l] Watch Edwin Starr - ("War -What is it good for") + Lyrics HQ!!" on YouTube

George Banziger gbanziger497 at gmail.com
Mon May 27 14:12:39 CDT 2024


Randy,

    Thanks for your thoughtful ideas about Memorial Day.

     A folk song comes to mind...

        "Where have all the flowers gone...?"
George & Gwen Banziger; 740-434-5685; 740-434-3354 (mobile)


On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 11:58 AM Randall Kidder via Fuusm-l <
fuusm-l at fuusm.org> wrote:

> https://youtu.be/ztZI2aLQ9Sw?si=H0QFKo2sNKRvA95_
>
> Hi all. I apologize for the following. And if is inappropriate, or
> untimely, I doubly apologize. The last thing I want to do is clutter up
> your email, take up your time, or come across as unpatriotic or whatever.
> Sometimes one just needs to unload a little bit and try to find which way
> is one's way. Regardless of how much flak or censure one might receive. I'm
> probably speaking out of turn. I certainly do not want to dampen anyone's
> festivities or celebrations. This particular holiday, for me, is too
> multi-dimensional to simply have a "Happy Memoral Day," even if accompanied
> by a certain amount of poignancy.
>
> ����*Memorial Day*����  Remembering *our* fallen who gave *their *lives
> fighting for *our* freedom, (or what currently passes for freedom, but
> that's a separate issue).  The holiday has an interesting history going
> back to the Civil War.
> �� *"Happy* Memorial Day*" *��  I'm seeing and hearing that all over the
> place. I confess, I could never quite get the "happy" part, but I am highly *grateful
> and thankful* for their sacrifices: just as, however, (and this is the
> crux of my issue) - people in other countries are undoubtedly grateful and
> proud of their own fallen sons, daughters, neighbors, fathers, mothers...
> I'm just trying to put things in perspective so I can wrap my head around
> all this and attempt to grasp the "big picture," whatever it is. Everybody
> is doing right and their activities, whether defensive or offensive is
> justifiable from their perspective. Everybody is right and everybody else
> is not doing the same right they must be wrong and expendable. Maybe the
> whole is greater than the sum of its parts, gestalt, or whatever. I dunno.
>
> Another phrase I'm hearing a lot is "God Bless The U.S.A."  Implying
> fuggeddabout the rest of the world. Maybe not, but how about extending the
> sentiment to "God [Goddess, Tao, The Universe, The Great 'Is,' Waldo, fill
> in the blank...] Bless The Planet"  So, anyway...
>
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> etc. etc. etc. etc...
>
> ☮️  In the 225 years since c1800 C.E., more than 37 million (37 *MILLION)* combatants
> worldwide have díed actively fighting in wars, everybody fighting, killing,
> dying for "their cause:" Fighting for and defending what *they* believed
> was right, ethical, proper; or sometimes being conscripted and not even
> being 100% sure why they were being put in harm's way. (Remember Vietnam?)
> This doesn't include millions of civilian deaths from bombings etc, nor
> additional deaths from famine and pestilence directly caused by wartime
> activities. The proportion of civilian casualties to military combatants in
> conflicts has generally increased: in WWII civilian deaths outnumbered
> combatant deaths between 2:1 and 3:2. And, let's ignore all the collateral
> structural destruction. Or the loss of cultural artifacts simply because of
> religious differences: for example, the iconoclastic destruction of
> Buddhist and Shinto shrines by devout Christians and converts; or the
> massive destruction of the Library of Alexandria. Cultural wars. Religious
> wars. Political wars.
>
> Sooo, how many are 37 million combatant deaths? That high a number is
> beyond my puny brain's simple comprehension. But... say I were to spend 8
> hours a day, 7 days a week going over every one of their dossiers and
> thinking about each of those 37 million people for 5 seconds per person, it
> would take me over 15 years. People. Human beings. Considering not enemies,
> opposing causes, religiously or politically right or wrong, defensible or
> indefensible or whatever. But simply compressing each killed person's
> entire lifetime into a mere 5 seconds.
>
> ����☸️☯️✝️☦️☪️☮️������‍♂️
>
> The world population has more than doubled since I was in grade school, so
> I'm ignoring projections of what the world population would be now if it
> weren't for all the deadly conflicts. There's an upside to war? This entire
> matter does indeed get complicated.
>
> Just sayin'...  ����  "War. What is it good for?" ����
>
>                                                                 Happy
> Memorial Day
>
> Ok. I'm finished. Hopefully in the sense of having completed a simple task
> and not in the profound sense of "Oh man, now he's done for."
>
>         Sincerely - Randall Kidder
>
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