Thursday, August 6, 2009

War...

...is a calculated and condoned slaughter of human beings.
Those are the words of Harry Patch, a WW1 veteran who was buried today at the age of 111.

Here's a video of Harry from a couple of years ago:



If you read my blog I don't need to tell you what to think about war and peace, so I'm going to end with a composition which is often performed during Remembrance Sunday which I've always found quite poignant.

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