I've been nowhere.

Originally posted by Sweetsound: ↑

As you know Europe in particular had so much turmoil over the years - even in one's own lifetime with so many regime changes, border changes, cultural changes - you name it, it's been done. Prussia - gone, Austro/Hung monarchy - gone, Yugoslavia broken up fragmented, Russian revolution, Spanish civil war, 2 world wars and now on the cusp of the 3rd?? Germany was divided, Hungary lost territory to Romania etc etc. So many lives affected and/or ruined or lost. Then the nomadic gypsies whom are often despised and put down and without a country of their own.

And yet somehow humanity is still here and doing similar things - hating, forcing, killing - it's like to prove they can do it bigger or better.

Then one glorifies wars and conflicts by movie making based on nationalistic heroic acts - often biased of course. Then there are other shock type movies like the one titled 'The Killing Room' - a movie re human behaviour study when people are pushed to their limit - absolute shocker but apparently based on real events. Humans being inhumane to one's own kind - but judging by recent events, what's new?

Seem some things are never learnt or perhaps more a case of 'being perfected' as we improve on how to kill or maim. Why, because we can thus why not?? Wonderful humanity in all it's pathetic glory. Then we make beautiful melodies as reminders and tell each other to be kind to others. Hypocrisy is too kind a word. Then we shrug it off and blame someone else for hostilities via mass propagandist agendas.

Then after the next pow wow, there will undoubtedly be some more exciting stories told and monetized by publishing books and make movies with more outstanding melodies/songs to tell/sing/reflect of all the horrible events. Perhaps being cynical or just more a case of a realist view. Perhaps the following band can 'say' it better:

Perhaps a case of being paranoid??

Perhaps not.

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@Sweetsound it seems our 'mind' has to catch up with our technological abilities.
I have met many beautiful souls in my life, more than nasty ones!
Somehow the trick is to walk 'between the raindrops' of war and destruction . . . one reason I and my husband migrated to Australia was that it seemed far away enough from the immediate memories of death, murder and destruction.
You/we also have to individually condition ourselves to think more of beauty, kindness, love etc. rather than giving in to our baser instincts, which means: apologise, when you/I realise you/I have been wrong. If nothing helps to reach a reconciliation, give it away as a loss or to 'Good Father Time' - things will heal in their own good time. That sort of thing . . .
Difficult to do in international relations, of course! But if we, individually improve, eventually it will filter through to the nation or nations.
Take care, dear soul!
Tau
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