The time has come, the Walrus said.
To talk of many things
Well, I'm not Lewis Caroll ...
Seriously though.
War
First on the agenda today is that war over there.
Canada's death toll is now 93. That's not counting other allied deaths. France lost ten in one day last week. Poland lost three, Canada lost three. This year, 181 foreign soldiers have died, mostly in combat with insurgents.
It's war ... I guess. It's the difference between peacekeeping and making peace. Peace has to be made.
Sometimes I find myself not thinking about it. Skipping over those head-and-shoulder shots of soldiers smiling under headlines about their own memorials. We've got to think about it. I know I sound depressing, but stay with me here. I've just written an article where I had to research some WWI and WWII history, and specifically read articles from a community paper.The biggest difference between the two wars is evidenced in the final stories printed by the paper about the war.
At the end of the first world war, the entire front page was covered. A jubilant headline sprawled across the top, and the letters were carved specially for that issue. The stories talked of two parades immediately and efficiently organized. Of a perpetual noise in the streets from sun up to sun down, of closed businesses and schools, of victory.
At the end of the second world war, there was a single article tucked in the bottom centre of the front page saying that there were no parades, instead, the town solemnly crowded into the churches and prayed for peace. That's it - I don't mean it to belittle what they did, because if a generation can get through two world wars and a world depression - the only thing left in them must be a wish for peace and hope that it will stay.
Now we war again, it's different this time, but wars are always different and the same.
Canadians are dying, French are dying, Poles are dying, Americans are dying, Afghans are dying, and yes, the bad guys are dying too. I pray for peace again.
There are so many people arguing the war - for or against. We have our sticker wars, we say what we think. So here's what I think. People are dying, we must pray for resolve, support our country (so that we stay strong) and stop being so selfish.
Golds
And then there's the olympics. Overall, I think a good show. Then I remembered, this is just show. There was an uproar when the pretty little singer from the opening ceremonies turned out to be just another pretty face. (I know eh, way to go scoop... So I'm a little behind.... nobody reads this anyway.)
So I got to thinking. Why would China think that they had to pick the pretty kid. And who really
thinks there are ugly kids. I mean, they're kids, everything's mini - that's always cute. For gosh sakes, you make an extra small pancake and everyone says awwwwe. There's an entire show on TLC dedicated to "Little People." Am I the only one who thinks that's twisted?It comes right down to us, folks. China was trying to impress the general population, there's probably a lot of pressure on them to deliver. To overcome the "bad guy" label and host some world class sporting games. They figure, put the pretty girl up there, because the westerners will like her better. Come on, who of us can say they weren't impressed by the little cutie singing the anthem. Well, now it's the best of both worlds, both kids are famous for the same performance.
