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WE THOUGHT WE WERE FREE
Slowly but surely the fear driven Orwellian noose closes as civil liberties and freedoms which were once taken for granted are gradually restricted or ended and always for the same reason ~ National Security
“They Thought They Were Free” (The Germans 1933 – 1945).
German exceptionalism in the 1930’s was really not too different, in many ways, than American exceptionalism in the last decade and very likely headed for the same disastrous fate.
“What happened here was the gradual habituation of the people, little by little, to being governed by surprise; to receiving decisions deliberated in secret; to believing that the situation was so complicated that the government had to act on information which the people could not understand, or so dangerous that, even if the people could not understand it, it could not be released because of national security.
And their sense of identification with Hitler, their trust in him, made it easier to widen this gap and reassured those who would otherwise have worried about it … this separation of government from people, this widening of the gap, took place so gradually and so insensibly, each step disguised (perhaps not even intentionally) as a temporary emergency measure or associated with true patriotic allegiance or with real social purposes. And all the crises and reforms (real reforms, too) so occupied the people that they did not see the slow motion underneath, of the whole process of government growing remoter and remoter.”
The Assassination at SerajevoFriday, November 11, 2011 12:04:55 AM
war, Rememberance Day, Moth
Today we remember!
On the twenty eighth of June in 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was Killed in Serajevo.
This event sparked "The Great War", The "War To End All Wars!"
Today marks the Official end of that War. And those who remember, will wear a poppy today, "lest we forget!"
Let's not forget again!
Comment "Interesting. Why the poppy, though? Poppies are illegal in the US, you know."
Mad Scientist ....the way it was explained to me was that during one of the battles of WWI, took place in a field of white poppies. Now, poppies are one of the many flowers that change colour as they mature. According to legend, the entire field's poppies had turned red the next morning, almost as if they'd soaked up the blood of the soldiers that had been killed in battle. .
Most people use paper representations of poppies rather than real poppies. The poppies are always red, representing the blood that was spilled in that war.
The people who honor this day usually point out that it is all soldiers who died in battle that are to be remembered on this day, regardless of which side they were on or which war they fought in. .
I have seen men who fought on opposite sides of WWII embrace one another as friends on Rememberance day. .
Generally, most soldiers who in to war believe that they are fighting on the side of 'good' at the time. Some continue to believe that after the war has ended. Only God knows the truth in my opinion. .
War cannot always be avoided. But I believe that good people will always make the effort to at least try to avoid starting a war.
There is a story about English and German soldiers who, Christmas day, celebrated Christmas together.
http://history-world.org/world_war_i.htm
There soldiers were, on both sides, fighting because they were ordered to, not because they hated one another.
John(oldephartte) # Saturday, November 12, 2011 2:54:13 PM
I didn't update my usual collection this year. Front and center is the poem from a Canadian shortly before he died in 'the Dutch killing fields' of WW I - the 'War to End All Wars' - where a stalemate existed that ate up men to machine gun fire in the trenches....
In Flanders fields, the poppies grow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place And in the sky
The Lark still bravely singing flies
Scarce heard among the guns below
Not that he lived long enough to 'get it' The motto 'Lest We Forget' applied to not romanticizing the horror of war so that it was not a repeated exercise.
Bad Kitty
A 'terrorist' is one who lives with people who do not have uniformed army. navy and air force. It's a lie used to justify murder. And shortages are the leverage of monopoly and empire : slavery.
I featured this history by a WW II bombardier who realized the true nature of his society and its place in the world...to a far greater extent than most, anyway. http://opitslinkfest.blogspot.com/2011/11/11-november-war-to-end-war.html http://www.historyisaweapon.com/zinnapeopleshistory.html
Here's the collection including the poem
http://opitslinkfest.blogspot.com/2010/11/11-november-lest-we-forget.html
And why November 11 ? Victory in Europe Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_in_Europe_Day
( Final positions of the Allied and Soviet armies, May 1945. Victory in Europe Day ( V-E Day or VE Day) commemorates 8 May 1945 (in Commonwealth countries; ... ) wasn't the reason.
September 2 Holiday VJ Day / Victory over Japan Day by Holiday ...
www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/September/vjday.htm
September 2 Holiday VJ Day marks the end of WWII, and the cessation of fighting against Japan.
Armistice - The End of World War I,
1918
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