tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post1427862395412042597..comments2024-03-29T00:44:42.046+13:00Comments on Bowalley Road: The Blood of Its Sons (ANZAC Day 2010)Chris Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-88071029556017686422010-04-27T10:36:29.683+12:002010-04-27T10:36:29.683+12:00Whenever I think of WW1 all I can think of is Ezra...Whenever I think of WW1 all I can think of is Ezra Pound's line:<br />There died a myriad/And of the best, among them,/For an old bitch gone in the teeth,/For a botched civilisation.Bearhunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06927373498537533968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-79045846275194537022010-04-26T17:15:21.473+12:002010-04-26T17:15:21.473+12:00Corker, Chris; inspires me to dust off this cheery...Corker, Chris; inspires me to dust off this cheery wee ditty that I penned last year (before I forget it)<br /><br />Deliver us, Lord<br />from the maudlin devices <br />of the milk-sap scion<br />of Essential Services<br /><br />Whose privileged persistence<br />and very existence<br />rests square on the gore<br />and rivers of blood<br /><br />from the brown and the poor <br />who are fed to each war<br />by the suppurating whores<br />to mammon and greed<br />that deign to lead.<br /><br />akAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-37177735817700510372010-04-26T11:30:28.656+12:002010-04-26T11:30:28.656+12:00Mike
Your comment reminds me of an old boy I met ...Mike<br /><br />Your comment reminds me of an old boy I met in rural North Wales some years ago.<br /><br />Before World War One, he had been an activist in the Agricultural Workers Union and took it for granted that his name would be at the top of the local draft list when conscription was introduced.<br /><br />Needless to say, he was right.Victornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-20421243398077253742010-04-25T11:34:22.993+12:002010-04-25T11:34:22.993+12:00Interesting piece, Chris. Have you by chance come ...Interesting piece, Chris. Have you by chance come across the address JK Archer (who in his lifetime both president of the Labour Party and president of the Baptist Union) gave to the Baptist Assembly entitled "Covetousness"? I think you might find it interesting.solatnzhttp://loveandtrust.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-31120402972723942292010-04-25T11:10:23.027+12:002010-04-25T11:10:23.027+12:00Chris, Thanks for a recap of the geopolitical-econ...Chris, Thanks for a recap of the geopolitical-economical backdrop.<br /><br />We must also remember that conscripting soldiers for WWI and sending them off to war was, as in every war, an effective way to deplete the working class of its strongest and youngest men and "get rid of a few reds".<br /><br />If one reads NZ working class literature from the WWI era - such as "The Watersider" - the editorial line is often to the effect of: "We're willing to follow the capitalists and businessmen into the ranks, but they don't seem to want to set the example!"<br /><br />As the Irish singer Andy Irvine puts it in one of his songs 'Gladiators of the Working Class': "Let those who own this Empire go and fight for it themselves."mikenoreply@blogger.com