tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post7939915670288486024..comments2023-05-24T07:28:47.004-05:00Comments on Teresa Evangeline: The Value in Remembering KatynTeresa Evangelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-71626435682574873382011-10-23T13:24:16.207-05:002011-10-23T13:24:16.207-05:00Avril, Good to see you again. Yes, it is important...Avril, Good to see you again. Yes, it is important to know. I practice peace mixed with awareness. It works for me.<br /><br /><br /><br />Linda M., That red coat made it all go beyond film to the horror itself. Practicing peace and treating people well is a fine plan for one's life. It's the better part.Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-14288533976610060782011-10-23T13:04:09.026-05:002011-10-23T13:04:09.026-05:00I still remember Schindler's List. A little g...I still remember Schindler's List. A little girl's red coat the only color in a black and white scene of horror.<br /><br />I try to practice peace in my own life and to treat people well. That's my part. And I vote.Linda Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706455533282204519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-7338102126428587572011-10-23T12:50:59.145-05:002011-10-23T12:50:59.145-05:00I think its important to get political -sometimes ...I think its important to get political -sometimes essential - especially about the important things. I will watch out for the film. I'm ashamed to say it's a story I was not aware. Difficult though it is to know I'm glad I do now - thank you.Avrilhttp://www.avriljoy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-69456848205643676912011-10-23T07:08:49.532-05:002011-10-23T07:08:49.532-05:00Jane, It's such a good and powerful story to b...Jane, It's such a good and powerful story to be aware of about our history. I do believe it's available on things like Netflix and such.Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-39055906773784190982011-10-23T06:47:34.250-05:002011-10-23T06:47:34.250-05:00I'll be keeping an eye out for this one. I rem...I'll be keeping an eye out for this one. I remember the story of Katyn, yet another sorrowful reminder of man's in-humanity to man.Half-heard in the Stillnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01840301617199033576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-11325993189590079692011-10-22T17:32:14.190-05:002011-10-22T17:32:14.190-05:00Steve, I'm willing to bet it's pretty subs...Steve, I'm willing to bet it's pretty substantial compared to the others who have been marginally involved. Whenever we hear of atrocities committed by some of our own, we can pretty safely say it's just a small part of what's really happened.<br /><br /><br /><br />One Fly, Thank you, I appreciate it.Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-89223521384511406502011-10-22T15:01:18.346-05:002011-10-22T15:01:18.346-05:00You did good here girl. Nothing wrong with getting...You did good here girl. Nothing wrong with getting political now and then. It'd be different if you were wrong but you are not.One Flyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03772881642197609507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-19558525954708059082011-10-22T14:47:57.766-05:002011-10-22T14:47:57.766-05:00I have wondered what percent we are paying to war ...I have wondered what percent we are paying to war compared with our allies who have stepped in. Terrible we have to continue fighting anywhere.many of the atrocities get swept aside. Look at Bosnia, 175,000 residents are displaced and unable to ever return.Out on the prairiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09548162534362532705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-82487205590195337852011-10-22T12:01:36.064-05:002011-10-22T12:01:36.064-05:00Tony, I am so glad you've come by to read this...Tony, I am so glad you've come by to read this post and thank you so very much for your comments. It provides the exclamation point to this post.<br /><br />I found The Pianist to be excellent, as well. Another very important story told in the cold hard light of Truth with equally amazing cinematography and the acting, of course, Oscar-winning. <br /><br />You're most welcome, Tony. Thank you, again, for your comments.Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-55126878744160525492011-10-22T11:47:31.047-05:002011-10-22T11:47:31.047-05:00well My Dad Was Polish & Fought With The Free ...well My Dad Was Polish & Fought With The Free Polish Airforce In Britain During WW2.So, Of Course, I've Seen The Film & Your Right It's A Mighty Film & It Casts A Long Shadow Over Russian Involvement& Attitude.<br />Worth seeing along With The Pianist Which (for some reason?) Doesn't really show Russian (non-involvement/help) With The Warsaw Uprising against The Facist Germans.<br />Poland Really as Been The Whipping boy of Europe.<br />Dziekuje Bardzo,Teresa.tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03746435400444226665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-87674467908445790812011-10-22T11:35:07.094-05:002011-10-22T11:35:07.094-05:00No, it doesn't seem so, does it? Thank you for...No, it doesn't seem so, does it? Thank you for reading and commenting Ms. Sparrow.Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-57271283310029357272011-10-22T11:06:48.502-05:002011-10-22T11:06:48.502-05:00If only those horrors of the past would never be r...If only those horrors of the past would never be repeated, but it never ends...Ms Sparrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03417670251423549014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-62773663915930235112011-10-22T10:44:02.831-05:002011-10-22T10:44:02.831-05:00Paul, Yes. Sometimes governments use vague words t...Paul, Yes. Sometimes governments use vague words to lessen the impact, but it is murder, exactly so. Each one of them was a real individual person with a family that mourned them for years and years, and that's what the film shows, in an utterly heartbreaking way.Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-82323495327051924642011-10-22T10:39:31.042-05:002011-10-22T10:39:31.042-05:00Murder is murder
Today and forever it
Remains what...Murder is murder<br />Today and forever it<br />Remains what it is.Paulhttp://shadowofdiogenes.blogs.com/shadow/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-63596905719664665082011-10-22T07:28:38.249-05:002011-10-22T07:28:38.249-05:00Yep, exactly so. There's always more to the st...Yep, exactly so. There's always more to the story. <br /><br />I knew about this story because when I planned to see the movie, I did a little homework beforehand. It's one of countless stories very similar to this one.<br /><br />Thanks for reading and commenting.Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-89504375830177002032011-10-22T07:11:33.725-05:002011-10-22T07:11:33.725-05:00It always(still) amazes me of how much i don't...It always(still) amazes me of how much i don't know...this subject being one of them. On Irag I think Obama forgot to mention the thousands and thousands of contractors that will still be their...that we will still be paying for. Kind of like saying 2,000 instead of 22,000.ain't for city galshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14938751007704247232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-32611068433889642582011-10-22T05:33:52.612-05:002011-10-22T05:33:52.612-05:00Hi Teri, There are, indeed, smart folks commenting...Hi Teri, There are, indeed, smart folks commenting here, and for that I'm most grateful. It's a huge part of what I love about blogging - this fine community of thoughtful people. I trust you'd like this film very much.<br /><br /><br /><br />Linda S., When I think of the vast amount of money that simply disappeared in Iraq - billions! - plus the heretofore unimaginable amount spent on that fortress of an embassy, I am just sickened. Not only is it about re-election, but it's also because Iraq's gov't would not grant our soldiers/ mercenaries immunity for crimes they might commit. I think the term for this is FUBAR.Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-84305719255250044012011-10-22T04:57:54.770-05:002011-10-22T04:57:54.770-05:00America sticks it's nose in the 'business&...America sticks it's nose in the 'business' of other countries but does little or nothing here, and what they do here, makes it worse (Obama backing Fisker to build cars in Finland - more jobs for America ha, what a crock) for our own failings here at home. We shouldn't be in any of these wars - they are not America's people's wars, but the government's colonialist, imperialist, capitalist, elistist wars for greed backed by the rich for power, their gain, control of oil, etc. They are however viewed by the rest of the world as America's and it's allies, mostly England's, wars.<br /><br />We're pulling out of Iraq because Obama wants to be re-elected pure and simple, more power to the powerful, Democrat or Republican it's more of the same for the 99%.Linda Starrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364078667554676592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-5552259153930746772011-10-21T22:26:38.250-05:002011-10-21T22:26:38.250-05:00Great introduction to what seems like a movie that...Great introduction to what seems like a movie that needs to be watched. I will check it out. Love to read all the comments from so many smart individuals here. Much to be learned, that is true.Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13046623774704584939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-37198977418333907092011-10-21T18:51:18.081-05:002011-10-21T18:51:18.081-05:00RITA, A fellow film-lover it sounds. I'm certa...RITA, A fellow film-lover it sounds. I'm certain you will feel as moved by it as I did. <br /><br /><br />WILD BILL, Thanks. Perfection cannot be reached in our present human condition, but we can do so much better. And accountability never seems to be forthcoming. It never will, of course.<br /><br /><br /><br />CAROLYN, I have trouble with the way in which politicians frame things. I am an American, too, and it has never been my war in Iraq and millions of others feel the same way. No, he could not have called it the Bush/Cheney war, but he chose that wording deliberately.... I'm Very grateful the troops will be coming home. More than grateful. <br /><br />I'm from the Viet Nam War days, too, and we definitely need to do Much better than we have for our veterans. That's a national shame of the highest magnitude.Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-14585842661649985622011-10-21T17:58:09.189-05:002011-10-21T17:58:09.189-05:00Interesting, Teresa ... sometimes we all need a go...Interesting, Teresa ... sometimes we all need a good history lesson.<br /><br />Interpretations are interesting... <br /><br />"America's war is over in Iraq".<br /><br />I took him to mean ... our involvement in Iraq is over. However, it was our war... Bush/Cheney are Americans and started the damn thing. I don't think he could have called it that ... Bush/Cheney might have sued him. Wouldn't that have been fun though. hah!<br /><br />I'll be glad when they quit showing the video of Gadhafi being killed... I keep my remote aimed... dear lord<br /><br />At any rate this despicable war is over and our people will be home for the holidays! yay!<br /><br />I'm from the Vietnam war days... our soldiers were treated like crap ... I remember it well.<br /><br />These wonderful troops will come home to cheers ... we've come a long way with supporting our troops regardless of the worthless wars.Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03663919207326700505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-83720793813608004552011-10-21T17:48:58.146-05:002011-10-21T17:48:58.146-05:00A wonderful post and a terrific reminder of how go...A wonderful post and a terrific reminder of how government often fails its people, now and in the past. While I do not expect perfection I at least require accountability in government, something that is a rare if not impossible find these days.<br /><br />Thank you for reminding us all.Wild_Billhttp://www.wildramblings.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-18212245618272085242011-10-21T17:28:26.077-05:002011-10-21T17:28:26.077-05:00I watch quite a few foreign, independent, and docu...I watch quite a few foreign, independent, and documentary films. I went immediately to Netflix and put it at the top of my queue. Thanks for telling me about this one, Teresa.<br /><br />I don't talk about politics, either. But I watch these films about what we have done and continue to do to each other. I'm not sure why. I mourn for us in a deep place and pray for healing while I do.Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02043285884495492598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-52156430037110177122011-10-21T16:54:48.829-05:002011-10-21T16:54:48.829-05:00The Good Luck Duck, I, too, knew next to nothing, ...The Good Luck Duck, I, too, knew next to nothing, but after a long time friendship with my pal, JB, who has degrees in political science and history, I've become a tad more knowledgeable and a whole lot more aware. Now, I can see at least the tip of the iceberg.Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-73282823394475249812011-10-21T16:42:08.770-05:002011-10-21T16:42:08.770-05:00I guess we know more about the western front becau...I guess we know more about the western front because of America's eventual reluctant involvement? I honestly knew nothing about the interactions between Stalin and Hitler, and Stalin and "his" people until I stumbled across several hours of Hardcore History. Now I know <i>next to nothing.</i> It's a start. <br /><br />I will look for this movie when it comes out on DVD.The Good Luck Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08448071993000984393noreply@blogger.com