...you can jump to the main index from there, that's the page where she writes down "all the boys I know from Lethbridge who volunteered", which goes on through the next page.
...you can jump to the main index from there, that's the page where she writes down "all the boys I know from Lethbridge who volunteered", which goes on through the next page.
That was Vol III; I'm now on Volume VI, and those Lethbridge boys are dying, one after another. Two cousins; the intended of a close friend, two weeks before the wedding; two school friends; a 23-year-old dashing Major (!) , she clearly had eyes for - who'd just won a medal....that last guy at the 2-year mark in WW1. Two years in, and England was getting weary of that crap, heartily.
So we know what that's like. Ukraine can continue, as Britain did; but, damn, it would be helpful if they had more support.
In Canada, all the major parties must simply be pounded on the litmus test of their unstinting Ukraine support. Every politician should be litmus-tested on that one, though I normally hate the practice.
Oh wow, what a fascinating project. I'm scrolling through some of her letters about the tensions re: the war while she's staying in Kent. This must've been an enormous amount of work.
I worry if we've lost our ability to apply litmus tests. I've been feeling quite down, recently, about the media's power to shape the conversation at all. Lots of people, on the left and right, hear that and scream "good!" And maybe it is. Trouble, though, is that *nobody* is shaping the conversation. Political parties are trying, and are probably more successful, but it seems we're just screaming into the voids. I feel like this trend has gotten a lot more intense over the past year.
It makes me think that there would be no consequences if some party opted to just shred their support for Kyiv entirely.
Got the story; a trip well worthwhile.
I'm currently scanning the WW1 diaries of my grandmother:
http://brander.ca/EEC/V3/0115.html
...you can jump to the main index from there, that's the page where she writes down "all the boys I know from Lethbridge who volunteered", which goes on through the next page.
That was Vol III; I'm now on Volume VI, and those Lethbridge boys are dying, one after another. Two cousins; the intended of a close friend, two weeks before the wedding; two school friends; a 23-year-old dashing Major (!) , she clearly had eyes for - who'd just won a medal....that last guy at the 2-year mark in WW1. Two years in, and England was getting weary of that crap, heartily.
So we know what that's like. Ukraine can continue, as Britain did; but, damn, it would be helpful if they had more support.
In Canada, all the major parties must simply be pounded on the litmus test of their unstinting Ukraine support. Every politician should be litmus-tested on that one, though I normally hate the practice.
Oh wow, what a fascinating project. I'm scrolling through some of her letters about the tensions re: the war while she's staying in Kent. This must've been an enormous amount of work.
I worry if we've lost our ability to apply litmus tests. I've been feeling quite down, recently, about the media's power to shape the conversation at all. Lots of people, on the left and right, hear that and scream "good!" And maybe it is. Trouble, though, is that *nobody* is shaping the conversation. Political parties are trying, and are probably more successful, but it seems we're just screaming into the voids. I feel like this trend has gotten a lot more intense over the past year.
It makes me think that there would be no consequences if some party opted to just shred their support for Kyiv entirely.