SOC367H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Voyeurism, Hypothermia, Neoliberalism
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Loved and were loved; and now we lie. The torch: be yours to hold it high. I will haunt you if you forget me. Imagine this person in a field, in belgium, dying the most extraordinary, bloody death (away from family and friends in a foreign country where they do not speak the language) What it means to watch your friends die in front of you in the most grotesque way (to wonder if anyone cares) The fact that you might be honored is cold comfort. Am i ready to live through suffering so that i can be remembered after i die. One of the mystiques of the military is that they will be seen as noble and their families will be taken care of. The men who died were likely thinking of their immediate circumstances. Many were conscripted and had no choice in the matter and whether to go.
