tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post7322869148975229139..comments2024-03-29T15:01:27.866+13:00Comments on Bowalley Road: A Song For Christmas EveChris Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-15883624079063555342014-12-27T17:15:33.405+13:002014-12-27T17:15:33.405+13:00Chris, the Christmas Truce is over mythologised. ...Chris, the Christmas Truce is over mythologised. The Royal Navy were attacking Cuxhaven, the Russians were attacking the Austrians, and on other parts of the Western Front, British, Belgian and French troops were engaging the enemy. By December 25th, all sides were well aware that this was going to be a long war. Actions of small groups of soldiers on both sides of no-man's-land should not be read as representative of the warring nations.Michael Wyndhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12323632941060268210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-34454200569810703352014-12-26T14:18:06.132+13:002014-12-26T14:18:06.132+13:00Wishing you a Happy Christmas Chris, and a fruitfu...Wishing you a Happy Christmas Chris, and a fruitful New Year. And thanks for the thought-provoking pieces you have given us over the past year. Olwynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-86005660822064752012014-12-26T01:56:38.915+13:002014-12-26T01:56:38.915+13:00YOU ARE A BRILLIANT WRITER, CHRIS.YOU ARE A BRILLIANT WRITER, CHRIS.TONY ALLENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-22817278190468493242014-12-26T00:53:30.390+13:002014-12-26T00:53:30.390+13:00Shows the mind-boggling mad folly, the absolute ev...Shows the mind-boggling mad folly, the absolute evil nihilism of the WW1. To this day no one can really give a sufficient reason to justify its outbreak,there wasn't one except the militaristic empire strutting which led to the slaughter of millions of fine young men perhaps the cream of Europe. This total disaster was followed by punitiveness which led to WW11 and an all but destroyed a once great European civilisation. America stepped into the power vacuum and has dominated ever since. The same type of madness is now happening in the Ukraine.Ordinary men here understood this but were under threat of being shot if they refused to fight. Sadly human nature hasn't changed and such madness has a good chance of breaking out again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-39168864816796918272014-12-24T19:58:28.206+13:002014-12-24T19:58:28.206+13:00Thank you, and I wish you and all your family the ...Thank you, and I wish you and all your family the same.<br /><br />Thank you also for your voice through this dark year.<br /><br />(Stephanie)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-34227338370845391452014-12-24T13:09:08.902+13:002014-12-24T13:09:08.902+13:00Chris
Best wishes to you and your family for an e...Chris<br /><br />Best wishes to you and your family for an enjoyable Christmas and a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.<br /><br />Thanks for being such a source of interesting and informative comment (both on Bowally Road and elsewhere) over the last 12 fevered months.Victornoreply@blogger.com