As you read this you may be wondering whether or not it was all worth it. Well, to be honest, yes and no.
One hundred years on there is still war in this world- greedy people fighting over land, resources and money, and bullying in the form of opinions and beliefs being forced on generally peace loving nations.
Although the front lines are no longer on our doorstep as they were in your day, they are still within arm’s reach in the form of terrorism and in the name of belief, be it political or religious. Neighbours within the same community don’t always trust each other. But we still have the same resolve you had in your time: the attitude of not giving in. The ‘stiff upper lip’ prevails and we still go on buses, trains and planes. We make slight changes and carry on.
On a global scale, we talk more via huge advances in technology- technology you may not be able to understand or keep up with. A message can now be sent from a device in your hand and be carried around the world in seconds. The same technology is used on the battle front in the form of pilot-less planes with cameras fitted, operated by a handheld device while the pilot is out of harm’s way.
Any wars we do find ourselves involved in use fewer personnel and have fewer casualties, although the innocent still seem to find themselves in the firing line.
The welfare of those returning from war is better understood now than in your day, with front line staff being given better prosthetic limbs. Not only are they living near normal lives but Britain did extremely well in the 2012 Paralympics- the Olympics for physically and intellectually disabled- which runs alongside The Olympics. I can see, within my lifetime, the abled and disabled people competing alongside each other for certain events.
0 yorum:
Post a Comment