Young men go off to war and die, or come home to live with a damaged pysche the rest of their lives. None escape, it's just a matter of to what degree are they damaged. A hell of a note. Well done again, Victor!
And yet, young men have been subjected to making war for millennia. Commanded to go somewhere and die en masse and for what? One of the tragic flaws of our species.
Wow. I'm sending this to my dear friend who is a vet and his writing reminds me of yours tho from a different war, but even with the all the ways wars are different they are the same in the endgame
Thank you Trilety. This one just spilled out in a short space without me sort of, and I for once said oh let's not tinker this one forever like I usually do :) Many thanks for reading and your comment!
"Not a dream, Doc. A screenplay that started false and became true. A tale of retaliation that grew into obsession. A story of young men made mad through the sheer exercise of will. Everybody loved it."
Amazing and tragic. And true. You always finds the words, Victor. Well done.
Thanks Jim. I've been thinking how I'm kinda on this theme lately. Usually it's intentional, but this one just sort of made my fingers type on the keyboard without me. Weird. Thanks again for reading and your comment!
That governments can arbitrarily demand that their citizens go out and start killing one another has always struck me as the peak of madness. It is one of the reasons I suppose that I have always felt so at-odds with a sense of nationalism and national pride - there is a circle there that I cannot square.
As I read news coming out of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, I wonder if humanity gets anything at all. If anything has been learned or even can be. The horror of being ordered to go kill your fellow man until one side simply can take it no longer, or until both sides lose interest. For a moment I considered saying that this is bestial - but that strikes me an insult to the other animals who share our planet. Humans are unique in their lust for destruction.
This is a terrible story that needs to be told again and again until more people begin to get it. Thank you for telling it, and encapsulating that telling in an eloquence that belies its brutality.
Yeah, it's one of the reasons I'm not into nationalism, too. It's amazing how we can vilify whole groups of others due to accidents of birth. There but for the grace go I, something my Mom said quite a bit that stuck with me.
Many thanks for reading, Mike, and your thoughtful comment.
A heart-breaking tragedy here. For the life of me, I don't know how you manage to get into the head of a character like this one. Pure genius, Victor. Just recently, Jim Cummings wrote a story (Death Art) about a young man driven insane, that was equally as disturbing to me. I am pretty sure I could not write madness.
Thank you Sharron. Sometimes I try to write lighter pieces and *sometimes* I actually manage to do so. Got a dark streak, I guess, although I do love me a good party with music. :)
Many thanks for reading and your beautiful comment.
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Young men go off to war and die, or come home to live with a damaged pysche the rest of their lives. None escape, it's just a matter of to what degree are they damaged. A hell of a note. Well done again, Victor!
Thanks James. I appreciate your reading and your insightful comment. All the best friend....
And yet, young men have been subjected to making war for millennia. Commanded to go somewhere and die en masse and for what? One of the tragic flaws of our species.
Wow. I'm sending this to my dear friend who is a vet and his writing reminds me of yours tho from a different war, but even with the all the ways wars are different they are the same in the endgame
Thank you Trilety. This one just spilled out in a short space without me sort of, and I for once said oh let's not tinker this one forever like I usually do :) Many thanks for reading and your comment!
"Not a dream, Doc. A screenplay that started false and became true. A tale of retaliation that grew into obsession. A story of young men made mad through the sheer exercise of will. Everybody loved it."
Amazing and tragic. And true. You always finds the words, Victor. Well done.
Thanks Jim. I've been thinking how I'm kinda on this theme lately. Usually it's intentional, but this one just sort of made my fingers type on the keyboard without me. Weird. Thanks again for reading and your comment!
That governments can arbitrarily demand that their citizens go out and start killing one another has always struck me as the peak of madness. It is one of the reasons I suppose that I have always felt so at-odds with a sense of nationalism and national pride - there is a circle there that I cannot square.
As I read news coming out of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, I wonder if humanity gets anything at all. If anything has been learned or even can be. The horror of being ordered to go kill your fellow man until one side simply can take it no longer, or until both sides lose interest. For a moment I considered saying that this is bestial - but that strikes me an insult to the other animals who share our planet. Humans are unique in their lust for destruction.
This is a terrible story that needs to be told again and again until more people begin to get it. Thank you for telling it, and encapsulating that telling in an eloquence that belies its brutality.
Yeah, it's one of the reasons I'm not into nationalism, too. It's amazing how we can vilify whole groups of others due to accidents of birth. There but for the grace go I, something my Mom said quite a bit that stuck with me.
Many thanks for reading, Mike, and your thoughtful comment.
Nice seed crystal.
Thanks for reading, David. Seeds are great, organic or crystal.
A heart-breaking tragedy here. For the life of me, I don't know how you manage to get into the head of a character like this one. Pure genius, Victor. Just recently, Jim Cummings wrote a story (Death Art) about a young man driven insane, that was equally as disturbing to me. I am pretty sure I could not write madness.
Thank you Sharron. Sometimes I try to write lighter pieces and *sometimes* I actually manage to do so. Got a dark streak, I guess, although I do love me a good party with music. :)
Many thanks for reading and your beautiful comment.