In a message dated 3/27/08 9:03:07 AM,
jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com writes:
>
> From witnesses: for many of that generation, the war
was the most fun
> thing they did, despite the factual horror of it,
which people will
> readily acknowledge. It is understandable: you get a
special sense of
> companionship, of fraternity, even of community.
Maybe something that
> a lot of people, especially men, lack in their
normal lives. I would
> not doubt the sincerity of the sentiment or belittle
the sentiment
> itself. Of course, nostalgia (always a bad sign) has
created myths out
> of something undeniably real. And the movies tend to
feed on nostalgia.
>
>
not to mention that life is basically a search for meaning
and is otherwise pretty boring on a day to day level. but
when you're trying to stop Hitler and Tojo from enslaving the
world and people are shooting at you, it solves both
problems
John Lau
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