These steps remind us of the years where people fought with each other that resulted in untold stories of pain , suffering and deaths. The number of World War 1 casualties(military and civilian) was about 40 million, over 19 million deaths and 21 million wounded. (ref. Wikipedia). One would have thought that humankind would have woken up to the terrible cruelties associated with such intense conflicts. Sadly, WW II (1939-1945) considered as the deadliest conflict in human history resulted in the deaths of over 60 million people! One shudders at what the scenario would be like if humanity failed to show mutual respect to each other and took peace and harmony for granted.
1 comment:
If you notice, the dates go upwards - progressive years go upwards instead of downwards. What does this signify? Fewer deaths as time moves on? War is an ascent? Why isn't the sequence reversed to show that as war drags on, we go lower into the darkness of humanity without love?
Do we build monuments to remember past wars so as to never repeat the same mistakes, or so we build them to glorify deaths and victories? Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.
Does time change the horror of war of one generation to the exciting stories of heroism for the next?
Post a Comment