If you didn't know, World War 1 started exactly 100 years ago today, and I'm going to try and join in as soon as possible the national way of remembrance today - turning off lights until 11pm (I'm writing this just after 10pm). So this is just a note to say well done and I salute you to all the brave troops who fought in the Great War from all countries: as no matter what their nationality was, none of them needed to die, or suffer from war. And the same applies to now - we see pictures and video from war zones around the world at the moment on the news - children, adults, animals injured by essentially pointless wars. Events in Gaza, for example, are constantly being broadcasted on screens and papers to millions of people, but we can't really feel what those involved are feeling; we haven't gone through what they have. I just wish that none of it actually happened, so none of us would have to feel so helpless. My only hope is that every person in the world will eventually realise that these wars are only caused by differences between people, and the negative side effects caused by these. We should all be able to embrace each others' differences, not disagree over them. Religion, race, gender, nationality, sexual orientation - mostly things we cannot help, and others which we choose because we have the choice; yet it's a flaw in the human character to dispute these things of other people.
I just feel that if I didn't have to say this, and if all people were just kind and cooperative to each other, we could actually focus on the real problems in the world: disease, preventing natural disasters, the extinction of animals; I could go on.
So in this sombre moment, I ask you to just remember those who have fought, died, or are still fighting for what they believe in, and hope that the world will eventually recover. But never forget, as that should stop it all happening again.
Thank you for reading.
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