--- "William \"Chops\" Westfield" <westfw@mac.com> wrote:

> 
> On Nov 1, 2007, at 4:55 PM, Russell McMahon wrote:
> 
> > I'm certainly not a pro war apologist but the jingoistic
> > enthusiasm that the poem radiates feels good.
> 
> In general, that would THE PROBLEM with jingoistic enthusiasm
> and nationalism/patriotism in general; they tend to "feel" a
> lot better than their results usually justify.  (Hey, isn't
> that the problem with Drugs, too?)

I agree they do have a feel-good quality. Rudyard Kipling wrote great
jingoistic poetry - White man's burden, go out and teach the natives and all
that stuff. Danny Deever is one of my favs - well worth a read. But then he
lost his only son in WW1. That didn't feel so good.

Debbie



      
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