@PhilosophyExp But isn't that sort thing gets young men heading to death in trenches? It's bunkum, isn't it? Glory to die for country etc
And courtesy of poet Lawrence Binyon (who I always get confused with a French cyclist!):pic.twitter.com/DLwqshfIUg
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@johnthejack Yes, but ithat's precisely its interest. I'm not endorsing the sentiment. I (largely) find it repugnant. -
@PhilosophyExp Ah, OK. Misunderstood. It's well crafted, but, as you say, largely repugnant. -
@johnthejack It also correctly describes the tenor of the times at the start of the First World War. -
@PhilosophyExp Yes, I think there really was such a mood, and a genuinely popular one. Too often overlooked in 'donkeys led by lions' line -
@johnthejack Bertie Russell talks in his autobiog about how difficult it was to take an anti-war line at that time. Even among his peers. -
@PhilosophyExp Yes, though, his peers were rather elevated. What often overlooked is popular mood for a fight.
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@PhilosophyExp Utterly utterly marvelous .,Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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