Anti War and some things seem to remain the same

[Contessa_Sharra]

The Fathers​

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Snug at the club two fathers sat,
Gross, goggle-eyed, and full of chat.
One of them said: ‘My eldest lad
Writes cheery letters from Bagdad.
But Arthur’s getting all the fun
At Arras with his nine-inch gun.’ ​

‘Yes,’ wheezed the other, ‘that’s the luck!
My boy’s quite broken-hearted, stuck
In England training all this year.
Still, if there’s truth in what we hear,
The Huns intend to ask for more
Before they bolt across the Rhine.’
I watched them toddle through the door—
These impotent old friends of mine. ​

Siegfried Sassoon​

This poem was written while Sassoon, an English soldier, was on leave from World War II.

Most of his poetry addresses the horror of war.

http://www.poemhunter.com/siegfried-sassoon/poems/page-1/

He left his privileged, upper-class life in the English countryside for London in 1914 to become a poet. Once there, Siegfried Sassoon got caught up in the wartime frenzy and enlisted. World War I changed him from eager soldier to active pacifist, and his flowery poetry became bitter realism. After his brother and a good friend were killed and Sassoon himself saw the front lines, his poetry began to take on grim tones. He lived to see the end of the war and to see his writings survive as one of the greatest bodies of anti-war literature.
http://www.history.com/shows.do?episodeId=366996&action=detail

 

[xsited1]

Here's some pacifists. They look like they're doing fine.

 

[rayboyusmc]

Kidding or not, that is really a lame sick reply, X.

How do you know they are pacifists?

This justifies war?

 

[xsited1]

Kidding or not, that is really a lame sick reply, X.

How do you know they are pacifists?

This justifies war?

I disagree. If you're a pacifist, you will be conquered. That's the nature of things.

 

[mightypeon]

To go with Thucydides:
In war, the strong enslave the weak.
In peace, the rich enslave the poor.

 

[editec]

Some wars are right and some are wrong.

The trick is knowing which ones to fight and which ones to walk away from.

duh!