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12. Watch Joyeux Noel
Thu Mar 7, 2013, 07:27 AM
Mar 2013

a movie about World War I in which the combatants, Irish, French and Germans joined together over Christmas time to sing and play a bit of soccer before returning to war. It shows the futility and pointlessness of war. War isn't fought by the men on the front lines. They're fought by the people behind the front lines using the men on the front lines as cannon fodder.

War, such a sad waste of human lives.

Just wow. Democracyinkind Mar 2013 #1
The waste in war sickens me too Victor_c3 Mar 2013 #2
I lost my youth and innocence to war pinboy3niner Mar 2013 #3
... backtoblue Mar 2013 #31
Well, not quite: Hissyspit Mar 2013 #4
Well, gee thanks. Are_grits_groceries Mar 2013 #6
Yeah, it works as a metaphor. Hissyspit Mar 2013 #8
The saccharine, It Burns! Android3.14 Mar 2013 #13
What are you talking about? Are_grits_groceries Mar 2013 #16
What exactly do you mean by, "inspire others to act in ways contrary to their own interests"? nt. OldDem2012 Mar 2013 #20
You shouldn't need snopes to know that by the way, see the plastic grips? snooper2 Mar 2013 #32
Just plain common sense Fla_Democrat Mar 2013 #23
Thanks for the correction roxy1234 Mar 2013 #25
And how does that romanticize war? Are_grits_groceries Mar 2013 #28
Hissyspit got there before I could Scootaloo Mar 2013 #5
Then consider it a metaphor. Are_grits_groceries Mar 2013 #7
What need metaphor? Scootaloo Mar 2013 #9
Good for you. Are_grits_groceries Mar 2013 #10
DU is all about being daring. Android3.14 Mar 2013 #14
And you know so much about DU how? Are_grits_groceries Mar 2013 #18
Weeping sphinx, WWI Memorial, KCMO REP Mar 2013 #11
That is a nice place. Sherman A1 Mar 2013 #17
Watch Joyeux Noel adieu Mar 2013 #12
Re Jericoni Mar 2013 #15
images.... Locrian Mar 2013 #19
And this one... pinboy3niner Mar 2013 #21
This one always gets me roxy1234 Mar 2013 #24
and... progressoid Mar 2013 #34
I can walk about a half a mile and see a war memorial with the names of several dozen boys... Spider Jerusalem Mar 2013 #22
In Flanders Fields Javaman Mar 2013 #27
My great-great aunt was on a train with a soldier who fought near Flanders. Are_grits_groceries Mar 2013 #29
That's a moving story. Javaman Mar 2013 #30
Trees always win. Robb Mar 2013 #26
And yet it's clearly not a bike from that era. montanto Mar 2013 #33
Small bike... Did they send him off to war at age 3? octothorpe Mar 2013 #35
Well. At least he didn't leave his dog tied to a tree. alphafemale Mar 2013 #36
Odd that he chained it so high cthulu2016 Mar 2013 #37
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