Thank you, Graham. Saving Private Ryan is one of my favorite WW2 films. I watched it for the umpteenth time a month or so ago. It never fails to inspire. Like so many anti-war films, it strengthens our feelings of the uselessness of war. WW2 was the last war we had good cause to fight. Hitler, Germany, and fascism, caused too much pain and suffering to ignore.
Your reference to the conscientious objectors in Israel is well taken
The socialite, the man of commerce and the military man construe the word "company" in three different ways. The socialite views it as a conductor views an orchestra. Each within the company must play their part or face rejection for contravening the wave of the bâton. The man of commerce commands his company with money. There is no bâton, but lures and incentives, sticks and threats. The man of commerce marshals his company but has no regard for them. The military man does not seduce his company with social favours, nor with monetary betterment, nor with wanton discipline. A military company is fused into a single entity because unlike the other two, theirs is a matter of life and death. It is the most whole of the three. The army takes men from the bosoms of their families and, if it does its work right, ensconces those same men into new families, for each member of which each other member would lay down his life. The sentiments expressed in the movie are not Hollywood hyperbole, but reflect a truth that is often overlooked. The civilian company is one in which none has true regard for the other but only rivalry. The military company is one in which all bear lethal arms, and yet the love is unbounded. Odd.
Thank you, Graham. Saving Private Ryan is one of my favorite WW2 films. I watched it for the umpteenth time a month or so ago. It never fails to inspire. Like so many anti-war films, it strengthens our feelings of the uselessness of war. WW2 was the last war we had good cause to fight. Hitler, Germany, and fascism, caused too much pain and suffering to ignore.
Your reference to the conscientious objectors in Israel is well taken
The socialite, the man of commerce and the military man construe the word "company" in three different ways. The socialite views it as a conductor views an orchestra. Each within the company must play their part or face rejection for contravening the wave of the bâton. The man of commerce commands his company with money. There is no bâton, but lures and incentives, sticks and threats. The man of commerce marshals his company but has no regard for them. The military man does not seduce his company with social favours, nor with monetary betterment, nor with wanton discipline. A military company is fused into a single entity because unlike the other two, theirs is a matter of life and death. It is the most whole of the three. The army takes men from the bosoms of their families and, if it does its work right, ensconces those same men into new families, for each member of which each other member would lay down his life. The sentiments expressed in the movie are not Hollywood hyperbole, but reflect a truth that is often overlooked. The civilian company is one in which none has true regard for the other but only rivalry. The military company is one in which all bear lethal arms, and yet the love is unbounded. Odd.
What a wonderful way of expressing that bond of brotherhood, Graham. Bravo!