tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379962210285738784.post1703618950097267509..comments2024-02-29T18:32:46.739+08:00Comments on Mutually Said: Poets Vegan Anarchist Pacifist: ANZAC Day and PacifismJohn Kinsellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14875953639683119817noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379962210285738784.post-76083662322065130132009-05-10T09:57:00.000+08:002009-05-10T09:57:00.000+08:00Great post, but I'm amazed you don't have any angr...Great post, but I'm amazed you don't have any angry responses yet; doesn't anyone on the right read your blog? I hope we can find ways to dismantle the militirisation of schools that has increased in the Howard years. It was good to see The Australian carry a counter-story to the Anzac legend on Anzac Day on the huge number of court martials, a story that gave a sense of some of the realities of war. <br /><br />A profound story about your aunt and uncle. A story that needs to be heard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379962210285738784.post-34633555925720512852009-04-27T16:27:00.000+08:002009-04-27T16:27:00.000+08:00As a great great grandson of a Lone Pine veteran I...As a great great grandson of a Lone Pine veteran I fully endorse your thesis. Major Aitken never wanted to talk about ANZAC as a glorious experience. He also experienced the Western front, before the British made him an officer in a training facility in Kent. Here, he administered the kind of skills men "needed" to kill other men (eg: bayonet drill, donning gas masks.) What's honourable about all that? I find it an insult to his memory that now ANZAC is used to justify our military campaigns in Afghanistan.<br /><br />AdamAdam Aitkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03038093899253235646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379962210285738784.post-50050567277633538122009-04-27T08:21:00.000+08:002009-04-27T08:21:00.000+08:00I share your sentiments, guys.I share your sentiments, guys.Barbara Tempertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15223605974999097856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379962210285738784.post-57838725935867826902009-04-26T08:11:00.000+08:002009-04-26T08:11:00.000+08:00So true. I almost managed to avoid ANZAC day by no...So true. I almost managed to avoid ANZAC day by not watching TV much at all, but this morning caught the news of the 100 killed Taliban. I too empathise with the need to remember, to mark days as 'special' in our nation. I just wish the focus of our nationalism sincerely included events like 'Sorry Day'. I am also disturbed by the 'Y' generation's interest in ANZAC. Many of my generation did not support the military tradition at all. Our young ones have become so conservative.<br />And if I hear the term 'digger' again I think I will throw up. How can soldiers and civilians today honestly relate to the conditions of war that created the term 'digger'? It has become such a powerful tool for propaganda and it is puzzling that the general public allow themselves to be so easily manipulated.Dr Mad Fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10274692672575145183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379962210285738784.post-12478397618833554212009-04-26T06:28:00.000+08:002009-04-26T06:28:00.000+08:00Well said John. Both Michelle and I have similar m...Well said John. Both Michelle and I have similar misgivings.Growling Geckohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08047024701261814380noreply@blogger.com