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Rambling

Rambling Report 20 Apr 2015 12:19

:-) (from a book I read this week Sheila Hancock 'Just me', I highly recommend it) and taken from this link:

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/jan/27/featuresreviews.guardianreview19

Quoting Ryszard Kapuscinski (who I knew nothing of )

" To the degree to which we are able, we should oppose everything that could again give rise to war, to crime, to catastrophe. Because we who lived through the war know how it begins, where it comes from. We know that it does not begin only with bombs and rockets, but with fanaticism and pride, stupidity and contempt, ignorance and hatred. It feeds on all that, grows on that and from that. That is why, just as some of us fight the pollution of the air, we should fight the polluting of human affairs by ignorance and hatred."

Researching:

Guinevere

Guinevere Report 20 Apr 2015 12:28

She's not wrong. :-D

Researching:
Lowestoft and North Suffolk, Monmouthshire, Breconshire, Somerset

PiersFromKent

PiersFromKent Report 20 Apr 2015 13:33

Wise words :-)

Dermot

Dermot Report 20 Apr 2015 18:45

'War is a continuation of politics by other means'. (Carl von Clausewitz).

UzziAndHerDogs

UzziAndHerDogs Report 20 Apr 2015 19:21

thank you Rose ..wise words

Researching:
Turner, Staniforth in Beighton and Ridgeway Sproat in Sheffield and Cumbria

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 20 Apr 2015 20:46

very wise words .........


and we are seeing it all around us at the moment

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

DIZZI

DIZZI Report 20 Apr 2015 22:52

TRUE
MAYBE WE ALL SHOULD USE IT AS OUR SUPPORTING QUOTE

Researching:
FINCH+LOCK+WEAVER+HALES+BROOKINGS+MANSFIELD+HOOK+TITCHENER and STEVEN & ISRAEL WEAVER c1735

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond Report 23 Apr 2015 02:59

How can we teach our young people to live by these wise words when adults make violent computer games, neighbours are intolerant of each other, some parents don't bother to teach their children compassion, or consideration? Until we can change the greedy, selfish attitudes of so many, there is no chance of peace and harmony in our world

Lizx