It was dreadful. My husband lost his great grandfather to the first war and his grandfather to the second one.
WW1 was like murder, just sending those poor men to certain death no matter what. It breaks my heart all these years later when I see how our country has become such a cesspit after all that sacrifice.
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It was dreadful. My husband lost his great grandfather to the first war and his grandfather to the second one.
WW1 was like murder, just sending those poor men to certain death no matter what. It breaks my heart all these years later when I see how our country has become such a cesspit after all that sacrifice.
Kudos to your hubs brave great grandad and yours too .
In the first world war men, boys, we're cannon fodder. Fighting for a bit of no man's land. I think all wars are horrible but this was was the most unnecessary, ridiculous war of all. Just becauseDuke Franz Ferdinand was killed, who heard of him, and why were we involved. Fighting for what?
My nan lost her brother in the ww1, she never got over.it.
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It was dreadful. My husband lost his great grandfather to the first war and his grandfather to the second one.
WW1 was like murder, just sending those poor men to certain death no matter what. It breaks my heart all these years later when I see how our country has become such a cesspit after all that sacrifice.
It would have been one thing if it actually brought some semblance of peace to Europe, but 22 years later (like 2004 to today), it all kicked off again, in part because of how the first one ended.
It's no wonder that Americans in 1940 wanted no part of that nonsense.
The much publicised eclipse of the sun happened a couple of night ago (see avi) that's what I saw....really disappointing. The sun was still bright, I didn't see the moon almost cover it, it just went a little bit darker for a few minutes.
The much publicised eclipse of the sun happened a couple of night ago (see avi) that's what I saw....really disappointing. The sun was still bright, I didn't see the moon almost cover it, it just went a little bit darker for a few minutes.
Hope others were more impressed.
I got a slight dark edge, otherwise same as you.
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The much publicised eclipse of the sun happened a couple of night ago (see avi) that's what I saw....really disappointing. The sun was still bright, I didn't see the moon almost cover it, it just went a little bit darker for a few minutes.
Hope others were more impressed.
That’s still a nice shot though
I saw a similar thing, because the sun gradually moves away from the coast and starts to set behind the nearby hills, from around 8.30-8.45pm local time.
But my part of Spain is set to see the full McCoy next summer!
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The much publicised eclipse of the sun happened a couple of night ago (see avi) that's what I saw....really disappointing. The sun was still bright, I didn't see the moon almost cover it, it just went a little bit darker for a few minutes.
Hope others were more impressed.
That’s still a nice shot though
I saw a similar thing, because the sun gradually moves away from the coast and starts to set behind the nearby hills, from around 8.30-8.45pm local time.
But my part of Spain is set to see the full McCoy next summer!
I think the next 'impressive' one we will get is in 64 years time, i have a feeling I may miss that one.
In 1974, Serbian artist Marina Abramović stood inside a gallery in Naples, Italy, and told the audience they could do whatever they wanted to her for six hours. She would not move or react, no matter what.
On a table were 72 objects, including a rose, a feather, scissors, a gun, and a bullet. The performance was called “Rhythm 0.” The rules were simple. The crowd could use any object on her body in any way they chose, and she took full responsibility for whatever happened. At first, the audience was gentle. They handed her the rose and kissed her cheek. But as the hours passed, the crowd realized she truly would not fight back. They cut off her clothes with the scissors. Someone sliced her neck with a razor blade and drank the blood. Others carried her around the room and laid her on a table.
One man pressed a knife between her legs. Then someone loaded the gun, put it in her hand, and pointed it at her own throat. A fight broke out in the crowd before anyone could pull the trigger. When the six hours ended, Marina moved for the first time. She walked toward the audience, bleeding and with tears in her eyes. Everyone ran out of the gallery, terrified to look into the eyes of the woman they had just tortured.
She gave ordinary people absolute power.
It only took them six hours to become monsters.
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In 1974, Serbian artist Marina Abramović stood inside a gallery in Naples, Italy, and told the audience they could do whatever they wanted to her for six hours. She would not move or react, no matter what.
On a table were 72 objects, including a rose, a feather, scissors, a gun, and a bullet. The performance was called “Rhythm 0.” The rules were simple. The crowd could use any object on her body in any way they chose, and she took full responsibility for whatever happened. At first, the audience was gentle. They handed her the rose and kissed her cheek. But as the hours passed, the crowd realized she truly would not fight back. They cut off her clothes with the scissors. Someone sliced her neck with a razor blade and drank the blood. Others carried her around the room and laid her on a table.
One man pressed a knife between her legs. Then someone loaded the gun, put it in her hand, and pointed it at her own throat. A fight broke out in the crowd before anyone could pull the trigger. When the six hours ended, Marina moved for the first time. She walked toward the audience, bleeding and with tears in her eyes. Everyone ran out of the gallery, terrified to look into the eyes of the woman they had just tortured.
A more modern take is Bonnie Blue inviting men to have sex with her for free and pee over her whilst she was obviously pregnant....crowds of them turned up to oblige.
In 1974, Serbian artist Marina Abramović stood inside a gallery in Naples, Italy, and told the audience they could do whatever they wanted to her for six hours. She would not move or react, no matter what.
On a table were 72 objects, including a rose, a feather, scissors, a gun, and a bullet. The performance was called “Rhythm 0.” The rules were simple. The crowd could use any object on her body in any way they chose, and she took full responsibility for whatever happened. At first, the audience was gentle. They handed her the rose and kissed her cheek. But as the hours passed, the crowd realized she truly would not fight back. They cut off her clothes with the scissors. Someone sliced her neck with a razor blade and drank the blood. Others carried her around the room and laid her on a table.
One man pressed a knife between her legs. Then someone loaded the gun, put it in her hand, and pointed it at her own throat. A fight broke out in the crowd before anyone could pull the trigger. When the six hours ended, Marina moved for the first time. She walked toward the audience, bleeding and with tears in her eyes. Everyone ran out of the gallery, terrified to look into the eyes of the woman they had just tortured.
She gave ordinary people absolute power.
It only took them six hours to become monsters.
That's pretty weird.
Sort of a form of social contagion.
Show how brutal people can be when given free rein to abuse and torture someone.
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