tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280959897579422820.post5401386118293507828..comments2023-08-23T07:42:09.239+00:00Comments on Alice In Blogland: Some More Thoughts on ArmisticeAlicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18251410907251192036noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280959897579422820.post-36060954335209945972008-11-13T17:07:00.000+00:002008-11-13T17:07:00.000+00:00Just a thought on ethical investment. Many things ...Just a thought on ethical investment. Many things are labelled as ethical because they don't invest in arms, tobacco, etc.<BR/><BR/>However, they do invest in banks and/or institutions that invest in those companies.<BR/><BR/>Dig around before handing over your wonga. Giving it to someone who gives it to the Burmese government is as bad as doing it yourself.merrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10959849087751101034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280959897579422820.post-9573201971612339412008-02-22T22:03:00.000+00:002008-02-22T22:03:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280959897579422820.post-76123564090140833092007-11-29T12:54:00.000+00:002007-11-29T12:54:00.000+00:00Rather depends what message you intend to leave. Y...Rather depends what message you intend to leave. You don't have to "big up militarism" but an appreciation rather than degradation of those who have sacrificed their lives would be the order of the day.Falcohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02403217488563637871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280959897579422820.post-49515113503344298152007-11-27T15:06:00.000+00:002007-11-27T15:06:00.000+00:00What do you think about left and progressives leav...What do you think about left and progressives leaving messages at war memorials? It's something we've though about doing in Stoke SP, though of course we wouldn't be bigging up militarism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280959897579422820.post-14941648702691498492007-11-27T08:46:00.000+00:002007-11-27T08:46:00.000+00:00An interesting take but I cannot agree. We do requ...An interesting take but I cannot agree. <BR/><BR/>We do require an army, even if it is just for actual defence rather than projecting power. Deliberately falling below the threshold to avoid funding war is on the insane side of eccentricity, why not earn more and put the excess into campaigning? That would surely be better all round.<BR/><BR/>As for recruiting in schools, by all means talk through the options with pupils. However, tearing up any literature that you find that has an opposing view suggests that you wish to avoid rather than win an argument on this.<BR/><BR/>Finally I disagree that there is necessarily hypocrisy involved in "praying for peace while preparing for war", particularly in the example you gave. War is terrible, we should not seek it, but when it is inevitable you should seek to win. In 1937 our alternative to war was to submit to the Nazis, one minutes silence is not too much to ask to remember those who have served this country so well in that and other conflicts.Falcohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02403217488563637871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280959897579422820.post-52068650893367806922007-11-19T21:35:00.000+00:002007-11-19T21:35:00.000+00:00Excellent article Alice. I couldn't agree more.Pe...Excellent article Alice. I couldn't agree more.<BR/><BR/>PeaceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280959897579422820.post-46841289078314355442007-11-12T14:27:00.000+00:002007-11-12T14:27:00.000+00:00Excellent points Alice. Having been taken to task...Excellent points Alice. <BR/> <BR/>Having been taken to task in previous years (and, it surpried me by whom), I didn't write much on the subject this year, but, if I had, it would have been along similar lines.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280959897579422820.post-80447562260824140222007-11-12T13:47:00.000+00:002007-11-12T13:47:00.000+00:00There's so much I could write in support of your p...There's so much I could write in support of your postings that I'm not going to try to even begin! I was brought up by a Quaker who married someone for whom being in the RAF during WWII was the most exciting thing that happened in an otherwise peaceful life. So I'll merely say: "I agree!"Ralph Millshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10433460853154731503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280959897579422820.post-78203205940119688202007-11-12T12:58:00.000+00:002007-11-12T12:58:00.000+00:00My point is that we're all complicit. Some of tha...My point is that we're all complicit. Some of that finance is our taxes, our bank accounts, our pensions - and those "leaders" are supposed to be doing what they do on our behalf!Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18251410907251192036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280959897579422820.post-47978372399220904432007-11-12T10:35:00.000+00:002007-11-12T10:35:00.000+00:00Alice, I think you've got it slightly wrong here:R...Alice, I think you've got it slightly wrong here:<BR/><BR/>Remembrance is hypocritical if we do it while perpetuating the very conditions which cause the loss of life we mourn.<BR/><BR/>We remember - the warmongering finance and leaders create the wars to remember.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.com