tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632546.post6766643484200757223..comments2023-10-05T04:00:39.089-05:00Comments on Kingdom of Chaos: 11/11/1918El Jefe Maximohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661511063910659377noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632546.post-54303745608290100912017-05-27T22:11:20.665-05:002017-05-27T22:11:20.665-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287821785570247118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632546.post-44065150398219183662010-11-19T08:29:10.132-06:002010-11-19T08:29:10.132-06:00This should be used in Secondary Schools. It would...This should be used in Secondary Schools. It would bookend nicely with speeches by Vaclav Havel and Reagan. Your prose is Churchillian.LifeoftheMindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08332328377169650229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632546.post-27915486383794246182010-11-12T12:56:45.003-06:002010-11-12T12:56:45.003-06:00Thank you so much Theresa!
About being enlightene...Thank you so much Theresa!<br /><br />About being enlightened, I think the trouble is that we're no different than we've ever been. As compared with Caesar's time, we have better medical care and food, access to more education, and the benefits of, so to speak, scientific and educational compounding -- the totals of all learing and accumulated discoveries so far. But beyond that, we have the same instincts, motivations and biases as our ancestors. <br /><br />Science just lets us mess up on a bigger and infinitely more tragic scale. The World War I decision makers at the cabinet level possibly had better historial educations than many of our present leaders. For most of the European decision makers, most relevant historial precedents available were probably Napoleonic. Well, they sure threw themselves into their roles -- but, to put it crudely, the bombs were much bigger.El Jefe Maximohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661511063910659377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632546.post-3821546487182621122010-11-12T12:46:38.251-06:002010-11-12T12:46:38.251-06:00Oh, I also shared your post with my readers.Oh, I also shared your post with my readers.Theresa Brunohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10934415969408365200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632546.post-21245656346015402332010-11-12T12:37:36.346-06:002010-11-12T12:37:36.346-06:00That was beautiful! You are a gifted writer and s...That was beautiful! You are a gifted writer and spot on the mark. World War I unleashed the modern world and the atrocities that followed.<br /><br />I find it ironic that at the turn of the last century, many believed war would become obsolete. Churchill even traveled to Cuba to witness what he thought would be one of the last wars, The Spanish-American War.<br /><br />Sadly, the century that should have brought peace, brought more death and violence than any century. So much for being enlightened. We were just barbaric.Theresa Brunohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10934415969408365200noreply@blogger.com