RE: whats everyones favorite moment in history?
January 17, 2019 at 4:33 pm
(This post was last modified: January 17, 2019 at 4:42 pm by Brian37.)
(January 13, 2019 at 4:21 pm)Cepheus Ace Wrote: mine is the Christmas truce
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_truce
where in no mans land for the briefest moment in human history flawed irrational and emotionally driven humans saw those who they were until recently trying to kill as fellow flawed humans like themselves. There was no malice, just singing, playing, talking, drinking and so on.
This single event is the only thing thats keeping what remains of my faith in humanity alive
Huh, for some reason I remember a story about a lady in a farmhouse in WW2 Germany convincing soldiers of apposing sides not to kill each other on Christmas. It was a made for TV movie I think. But I don't remember WW1 but WW2 being the premise. Maybe the movie I watched was one of those "inspired by a true story", but not the exact story. I get the intent of your post though.
I would argue, if it were not for humanity's respective powers convincing those that live under them, that the "other" was the enemy, we'd naturally get along.
In theory, if one could take a bunch of 3 year olds, a a bunch of 5 year olds, and a bunch 6 year olds, from different parts of the globe, and if the parents have not indoctrinated the kids into a "all or nothing" mindset, in theory, if you put them in the same room, those kids would automatically form their own relationships.
Although I don't agree with Jesus being the cause of the "truce" in this WW2 themed movie, I was right, there was an event where Germans and Americans ran into each other at a farmhouse and the lady convinced them not to kill each other.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338434/plo..._=tt_ov_pl
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Night_(2002_film)
