As one gets older the more one thinks about death & dying.<\/p>\n
This is not because one becomes more maudlin, but results
\nfrom knowing or having known more people who are now
\ndead.<\/p>\n
Over the last few years I have had to focus more of my
\nthinking upon the issue of how we might remember our
\ndead, how to write obituaries, & what is in my will.<\/p>\n
All of which I view in terms of how we celebrate live,
\nwhile I have rewritten my will in terms of helping those
\nwhom may live on after I’m gone.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Militarists talk about the ‘Glorious dead’, but I can see
\nthat there is nothing glorious about how most people die
\nin war.<\/p>\n
I just want to celebrate those peace activists who have
\nhelped to prevent wars.<\/p>\n
People like Ralph DiGia, or Dorothea Woods.<\/p>\n
Which brings me on to the following piece by A.A.Milne,
\nwhich was published in his book:<\/p>\n
Peace With Honour
\nAn enquiry into the war convention.<\/p>\n
Published: Methuen & Co Ltd – London – 1934.<\/p>\n
‘ For the average person we could construct a table of
\nComparative Deaths, which might go like this :<\/p>\n
10,000,000 deaths from famine in China<\/p>\n
= ( in horror ) 100,000 deaths from earthquake in Sicily<\/p>\n
= ( in horror ) 1,000 deaths from influenza in Brighton<\/p>\n
= ( in horror ) 10 deaths from typhoid in one\ufffds own villiage<\/p>\n
= ( in horror ) 1 sudden death of a friend.<\/p>\n
Sudden death of 1,000 friends = ( in horror )
\nDEATH OF ONESELF.’<\/p>\n
The examples may of changed over the years, but the same
\nkind of idea still holds true today.<\/p>\n
Just think of any major disaster throughout the world, &
\nhow ones national press will focus upon their own
\ncountries nationals who may of been caught up in the
\nsituation: – whether they were killed or not.<\/p>\n
There is nothing like death to help focus ones mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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