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Quote by: Scribbler1 First, Happy Birthday to you, and many more.
I'm not so sure about your assertion that WW2 was a "romantic" time. When I hear things like that I usually think this is seen through the eyes of someone who was not actually there. I'm sure there were romantic aspects of the times but the overall picture was that of fear, uncertainty and anger. Separation from loved ones only a couple of years out of High School, doing without many of the things we take for granted and the fear that every day might be our last. Those are some of the pictures which were painted for me by those who lived through that time (I didn't. I'm 53.), and they sure weren't romantic.
We can read all the history we want, but there are few records of the day to day lives of the people and what they felt and spoke of. What an eye-opener it would be to be able to observe the past and be the proverbial "fly on the wall" in the ordinary situations of daily life. The ones that never get written down. The corner bar, the schoolyard and the family dinner table would all show a slightly less rosy picture of American life during WW2, I believe.
Also, I feel an accurate picture of those who loved and had that love taken from them wouldn't be very cheerful at all.
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Actually we have much documentation of the war years. There are many books written on the subject, but more interesting- We have war posters, newspapers and news reels, magazines, records, movies, and books all preserving the moment in history. I have a collection of plastic soldiers and a few of the books on my shelves. I wonder if other baby boomers are as interested I am in those years?
Sometimes I think as a soul I became incarnate for the purpose of resolving the horrors of war. When I say there was a war time romance, I speak as a child of divorced parents. There was a surge of marriages and after the war a surge of divorces. The surge of divorces never stopped, but today we have pretty well destroyed the meaning of family.
I can not stand the thought of war. I immedately think of the women and children and wish someone would lock me in a room until I got those thoughts in book that could be marketed. War is insane and those who support wars seem to be blind to what this does to women and children. That said, we can not leave Iraq now. The insurgency is not just about the US being there, but the political/religious conflict that has been part of the mid east reality for many years. Woo! insight! How much of our hatred of men is really hatred of war? I caught myself saying "damn men" with a sense of frustration with their acts of war. I have seen some women also supporting war, but- but- damnit, please lock me in a room until I get these thoughts straighten out in my head, and in a book. We can not just abandon those women and children now and leave Iraq to a blood bath while men fight for control.