Comments on: What Was Asked of Us by Trish Wood http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/12/23/what-was-asked-of-us-by-trish-wood/ Love, Laughter, and Madness Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:40:53 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Play Library » Toys Children Like in Iraq http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/12/23/what-was-asked-of-us-by-trish-wood/comment-page-1/#comment-10644 Play Library » Toys Children Like in Iraq Thu, 28 Dec 2006 00:57:39 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/12/23/what-was-asked-of-us-by-trish-wood/#comment-10644 [...] NB: More of my recent thoughts about the war in Iraq. [...] [...] NB: More of my recent thoughts about the war in Iraq. [...]

]]> By: Deb L http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/12/23/what-was-asked-of-us-by-trish-wood/comment-page-1/#comment-10515 Deb L Wed, 27 Dec 2006 04:40:42 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/12/23/what-was-asked-of-us-by-trish-wood/#comment-10515 The one quote I read in the paper from a stranded passenger in the Denver airport this past week that really stood out, was the soldier coming home to spend Christmas with his family. He said something like "I've slept in a lot worse places, I'm just glad I'll be home for the holidays". It isn't always easy to look at life from some other perspective, but I think we can keep people's humanity if we sometimes take that time to try to understand the rest of the world. When you stop to consider how long some conflicts last (I don't think the politics dividing Korea have been settled yet, judging by what I read in the news), I fear for our children. That they too will become part of the military machine and fed to foreign wars. Maybe if there are enough small voices to share such views as this book, a quicker resolution will happen? It's hard to have much hope when I'm so often a cynical human. :/ The one quote I read in the paper from a stranded passenger in the Denver airport this past week that really stood out, was the soldier coming home to spend Christmas with his family. He said something like “I’ve slept in a lot worse places, I’m just glad I’ll be home for the holidays”.

It isn’t always easy to look at life from some other perspective, but I think we can keep people’s humanity if we sometimes take that time to try to understand the rest of the world.

When you stop to consider how long some conflicts last (I don’t think the politics dividing Korea have been settled yet, judging by what I read in the news), I fear for our children. That they too will become part of the military machine and fed to foreign wars.

Maybe if there are enough small voices to share such views as this book, a quicker resolution will happen? It’s hard to have much hope when I’m so often a cynical human. :/

]]> By: Cottontimer http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/12/23/what-was-asked-of-us-by-trish-wood/comment-page-1/#comment-10242 Cottontimer Mon, 25 Dec 2006 11:23:04 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/12/23/what-was-asked-of-us-by-trish-wood/#comment-10242 <b>Smitha</b>: Agreed! :( Smitha: Agreed! :(

]]> By: Smitha http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/12/23/what-was-asked-of-us-by-trish-wood/comment-page-1/#comment-9947 Smitha Sun, 24 Dec 2006 01:56:00 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/12/23/what-was-asked-of-us-by-trish-wood/#comment-9947 I also don't follow it with too much details. But it brings me to tears whenever I read the stories. It is heartbreaking! I also don’t follow it with too much details. But it brings me to tears whenever I read the stories. It is heartbreaking!

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