tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873009918100574338.post9039655671855872342..comments2024-02-05T09:17:53.322-08:00Comments on Adrian Barlow's blog: Germany, Asparagus and the First World WarAdrian Barlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04526714501872493961noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873009918100574338.post-71938986625792964332014-06-09T23:31:48.402-07:002014-06-09T23:31:48.402-07:00Fascinating as ever, Adrian - much to think about ...Fascinating as ever, Adrian - much to think about and reflect on, plus lots of vivid detail and new information. Thank you!tomdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03766237341387024779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873009918100574338.post-34754454711089750112014-05-30T10:52:38.073-07:002014-05-30T10:52:38.073-07:00Adrian – What a wonderful time you have had! And h...Adrian – What a wonderful time you have had! And how infused with life is your blog as a result.<br /><br />I find it surprising that some among your audience asked if “Belgium was really the reason, or just a pretext, for Britain’s entering the war.” Just the pretext? This seems to me to raise the uncomfortable question, “Under what pretext did Germany invade Belgium?” It is certainly true to say that no nation on earth is guilt–free when it comes to the invasion of other countries for purely selfish and utterly unjustifiable reasons. So, If your questioners where disinterested, then that’s fine. Otherwise, the idea that old fires are being kept warm is disturbing to say the least. It seems that folk memory has a terrible tendency to harden into ersatz emotion. We try to justify the past acts of our own country when we cannot even justify all of the acts of our own personal history! <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07119180758113013415noreply@blogger.com