Re: Thinking for ourselves: Remembering World War II

[Carl Remick <carlremick@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Joel Wendland <joelrw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> A WW2 vet and peace activist clleague of mine went to the memorial on its
> opening day. He described it as a celebration of empire and military might.
> He said that it completely ignored the human cost of war and there is only
> indirect indication that men and women fought fascism and sacrificed their
> lives and health for it.
>
> His description of the memorial sounded as though tis creators wanted to
> build amonument to power rather than a just struggle against the fascists.

WWII, the "good war," lends itself to this kind of abuse, and I welcome it
receding in history.  I look forward to the next commemorative of a similar
nature:  the 100th anniversary of WWI, just ten years from now.  WWI was not
a good war in any way, shape or form; it was suffering and waste of
unprecedented scale all in the service of imperial vanity.  It's better that
people should move on from the recalling heroics of WWII and instead ponder
the utterly mindless slaughter of WWI, the war that set the stage for WWII.

Carl

Carl

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