[Marxism] Comments to unrepentant Marxist about Christmas Truce 1914

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

> http://www.haloscan.com/comments/lproyect/113960437431109905/ My
> grandfather, who was drafted to serve in the German Army, was one of the
> participants in the Christmas truce of 1914. In his sector, the event
> began with an exchange of combat rations. Since the trenches were close
> enough to throw grenades at each other, the German forces traded food for
> cigarettes.  Both sides ultimately climbed out of their trenches to
> celebrate Christmas in peace, until the officers on both sides forced them
> to fight each other again. In Vietnam, after I had forced one of our enemy
> to lead us through one of their minefields, I let her go, to fight against
> us another day. Even in war, we must occasionally reflect on our common
> humanity, or we are not really human after all - whatever that means.


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