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01-12-2005, 02:58 AM
Pete,Jan 11 2005, 04:18 PM Wrote:Hi,
Oh, I quite agree with you.  Many of Kipling's poems are 'prosey' (if it isn't a word, it should be :) )

My point wasn't the quality of the poem so much as the story it tells.  The contrast between schoolchildren learning Alfred Lord Tennyson's glorification of the sacrifice of the Light Brigade (which was, after all a military blunder) and the reality of how the veterans of that brigade were being treated.

Nobody wants a 'retired' hero. :(

--Pete
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If only Generals Schwarzkops and Clark understood that . . . <_<

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A thread neither mad nor sad. - by --Pete - 01-09-2005, 03:10 AM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by DeeBye - 01-09-2005, 03:36 AM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by Doc - 01-09-2005, 03:41 AM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by Armin - 01-09-2005, 09:27 AM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by --Pete - 01-09-2005, 12:46 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by [wcip]Angel - 01-09-2005, 01:41 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by pakman - 01-09-2005, 03:16 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by Doc - 01-09-2005, 03:46 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by Occhidiangela - 01-09-2005, 04:42 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by LochnarITB - 01-09-2005, 09:37 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by Doc - 01-09-2005, 10:16 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by Dozer - 01-09-2005, 11:18 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by ShadowHM - 01-10-2005, 12:00 AM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by Leshy - 01-10-2005, 12:46 AM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by LemmingofGlory - 01-10-2005, 01:24 AM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by whyBish - 01-10-2005, 04:26 AM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by whyBish - 01-10-2005, 04:43 AM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by Raven Vale - 01-10-2005, 08:36 AM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by ShadowHM - 01-10-2005, 12:31 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by --Pete - 01-10-2005, 04:09 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by Lord_Olf - 01-10-2005, 05:00 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by Lord_Olf - 01-10-2005, 05:04 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by Lord_Olf - 01-10-2005, 05:09 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by --Pete - 01-10-2005, 05:19 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by --Pete - 01-10-2005, 05:28 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by Rinnhart - 01-10-2005, 05:30 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by kandrathe - 01-10-2005, 08:39 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by --Pete - 01-10-2005, 08:58 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by kandrathe - 01-10-2005, 08:59 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by Copadope - 01-11-2005, 06:36 AM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by Lord_Olf - 01-11-2005, 08:17 AM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by Lord_Olf - 01-11-2005, 08:30 AM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by Tal - 01-11-2005, 03:39 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by --Pete - 01-11-2005, 03:53 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by Dozer - 01-11-2005, 08:37 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by --Pete - 01-11-2005, 10:18 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by Occhidiangela - 01-12-2005, 02:58 AM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by Simm - 01-12-2005, 04:53 PM
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