Rating 2 out of 5 (A little platitudinous)

I'd like to talk about war, but first let's just mention football and the late Bobby Robson. Now back to war. What do you think about during the Remembrance Day silence? I think about relatives killed or injured during the two world wars. I think about a tearful old woman who recalls the deaths of her brothers. I think of the rows upon rows of crosses in Flanders and the Somme.

Yet the killing goes on, as if we have learned nothing. Young people are still dying in battle. Army Chaplains and Mullahs are still blessing soldiers as they go out to fight the enemy. It's an abuse of the gift of memory from the Invisible Magic Friend, which is nearly as bad as rendering all those deaths meaningless by forgetting the reason for their sacrifice.

Scripture constantly tells us to "remember", although the overall message on killing others is a bit mixed. So remember those who have gone before so that we may change the present. After all it's always worked in the past.

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