[Peace-discuss] 11:00/11/11/1918

[Morton K. Brussel]

At 11 o'clock, on the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, the "war to 
end all wars" came to an official end. November 11th used to be called 
Armistice Day. Now, we obscure the message of relief that peace brought 
at the end of WWI to glorify veterans and implicitly the militaries 
they served. Of course, we should consider sympathetically and solemnly 
the tragedies of young military men killed in battle "defending our way 
of life", but we ought equally to emphasize the tragedies brought to 
civilian society by these military men.

A nice piece, although incomplete, commemorating this date is to be 
found on:

http://www.commondreams.org/views03/1110-09.htm

MKB