I think I’ve answered the question I posed in the last post. One of the things I find most disturbing about war is how it demonstrates the ease with which the paper-thin veneer of ‘civilised’ behaviour can be stripped away. There was a lot of graphic film footage in tonight’s documentary – stuff even I didn’t know about. It didn’t turn my stomach, but it did disgust me. No surprises, though. I’ve known for a long time that even the most ordinary people from all cultures, races and ethnic groups can slip readily into the depths of depravity when conflict throws some mysterious switch in the brain.
So, having witnessed that, I think my own brain slipped naturally into absurdist mode. Hence the elephant poem.
And on a much more reader-friendly note, my new banner pic was taken in the adjoining county, but the landscape is similar to where I live. The view from my house is a bit like this but better – more hedgerow trees, more copses, and the occasional sight of mist lying along the river valley.
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A few nights ago Alex and i watched a documentary on the war in Afghanistan that premiered on The National Geographic Channel. It follows around one specific troop of guys. I cried my eyes out at parts. You should definitely look it up. Its called Restrepo.
It's estimated that fifty million people died in WWII - and two thirds of them were civilians. Some were cold-bloodedly murdered like the Jews, but most were just the victims of 'collateral damage.'
Beautiful banner photo..
Thanks. Xebeche. It was taken near Trentham in Staffordshire, England, once the home of the Dukes of Sutherland.
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