tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031852996869768738.post2982783789074010961..comments2024-03-28T08:30:20.260+01:00Comments on The Ugley Vicar: A Sermon for Remembrance SundayAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590979027426082714noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031852996869768738.post-20936591804063567562011-11-22T13:19:16.295+01:002011-11-22T13:19:16.295+01:00I don't want to nit-pick, but in case this end...I don't want to nit-pick, but in case this ends up in print, you should now that Wilfred Owen's words are very well known, because he was on the GCSE syllabus.<br /><br />(Anonymous - in an awkward country)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031852996869768738.post-37303869027492230402011-11-13T20:35:11.432+01:002011-11-13T20:35:11.432+01:00I would have liked to hear the full sermon, but yo...I would have liked to hear the full sermon, but you have certainly covered a fair amount of highly contentious territory in this encapsulated version.<br />Wilfred Owen is one of my greatest heroes, and for me his war poems are 'the last word' on the futility and tragedy of this senseless 'solution' for the world's problems. <br />The one thing I would take issue with over, is the "willingness" to give their lives of those lost to war.<br />In many, and certainly in the 2nd World War, conscription was the sole reason why many thousands fought - and died.Ray Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09209429097744326143noreply@blogger.com