tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post7311567728654314052..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: ThiepvalBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-50775018261399846192009-11-17T21:15:01.701+00:002009-11-17T21:15:01.701+00:00My grandfather-in-law (is there such a title?) ser...My grandfather-in-law (is there such a title?) served in the Newfoundland Regiment and was severely wounded at the Battle of the Somme. He had tattoos done over each of his scars and would never talk about the war to anyone. He never forgave England for deserting Newfoundland and handing it over to Canada.Tom P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05638283790763940692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-66602989002925370882009-11-12T15:55:53.808+00:002009-11-12T15:55:53.808+00:00I agree - it's a stunning monument that works ...I agree - it's a stunning monument that works in an unfathomable way as architecture.<br /><br />Am I right in thinking that it commemorates the dead who have only a name? <br /><br />Should we not feel anger here not pity? What good are tears!?<br /><br />Does it not make you think of Owen's line about the monstrous anger of the guns?<br /><br />Or these lines by the greatest poet of theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-59673733541073083812009-11-12T13:33:23.107+00:002009-11-12T13:33:23.107+00:00I was reading Sorley on Remembrance Day and all I ...I was reading Sorley on Remembrance Day and all I can think of, seeing this, is his line: "Great death has made all his for evermore. "Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15838261998742846807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-12163419760760979342009-11-12T09:10:10.871+00:002009-11-12T09:10:10.871+00:00For me it's Tyne Cot. If one entered that plac...For me it's Tyne Cot. If one entered that place from the road, then the sweep of those panels of the missing closing down the horizon is truly shocking. They make the largest cemetery visually seem smaller.<br />Given that the panels at Tyne Cot are just one of four listing those Missing in the Salient, it is beyond processing.<br />Something I found a bit shocking was the absolute boring Vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442327549417743472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-26819677144008147052009-11-11T19:39:33.470+00:002009-11-11T19:39:33.470+00:00At times like today I find myself thanking veteran...At times like today I find myself thanking veterans who gave their lives that I might stand in silence.<br />Rainyrainywalkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13445164335609548931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-46902527013044168302009-11-11T15:43:10.900+00:002009-11-11T15:43:10.900+00:00Did you ever see the last scene of "Oh, What ...Did you ever see the last scene of "Oh, What A Lovely War"? John Mills, a General is walking, contemplatively along a line of white crosses. It is sad enough to see every passing reminder of one of the fallen but then suddenly the camera pulls back further and further and soon the screen is a sea of white crosses and the General has been swallowed up by them. I know it is only a film circus monkeyhttp://circusmonkeysmirror.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-27485117663029703582009-11-11T13:49:13.185+00:002009-11-11T13:49:13.185+00:00A stunning construction that seems to builds upon ...A stunning construction that seems to builds upon replicated versions of itself as if to achieve something greater than the sum of its parts. Perfect for what it symbolises.Willardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-10887571349116097482009-11-11T12:25:57.036+00:002009-11-11T12:25:57.036+00:00Go to Verdun as well.Go to Verdun as well.Steve BUckleynoreply@blogger.com