| Pause For ThoughtSaturday, 9 November 2019 With the little autumn book tour behind me, I turned my attention to some overdue correspondence. I recently received an email from a 92-year old from Chester, UK and as this is remembrance weekend it prompted me to pause for thought.
It was a pleasure and a privilege to hear from Ted and a strong reminder that this weekend when sacrifices are remembered it is not only the military who should be counted as valiant. Merchant seamen, firefighters, railway workers, nurses, ambulance drivers and a host of others too numerous to mention, all answered the call to serve in their different and vital ways. These 'others' are all to often overlooked in our increasingly militaristic world where the casualties are, more often than not, unarmed civilians. Perhaps we should give the military a rest this year and remember everyone else who suffered and those who continue to suffer in their wars. |
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DJ Wiseman |