Date: 2/03/2018 20:15:49
From: sarahs mum
ID: 1194692
Subject: Lost bones, a mass grave and war wrecks

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/28/bones-mass-grave-british-war-wrecks-java-indonesia?CMP=fb_gu

This article has got to me.

The pillaging of the graveyard. The artefacts. The ‘low background steel.’ I seem to be a bit of shock.

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Date: 2/03/2018 20:16:55
From: sarahs mum
ID: 1194693
Subject: re: Lost bones, a mass grave and war wrecks

sarahs mum said:


https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/28/bones-mass-grave-british-war-wrecks-java-indonesia?CMP=fb_gu

This article has got to me.

The pillaging of the graveyard. The artefacts. The ‘low background steel.’ I seem to be a bit of shock.

in a bit of shock.

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Date: 2/03/2018 20:37:12
From: Arts
ID: 1194702
Subject: re: Lost bones, a mass grave and war wrecks

How interesting… the salvage of one thing has potential to lead to the understanding, placement and knowledge of another.

The indifference of those cutting stems from ignorance, not lack of compassion

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Date: 2/03/2018 21:04:46
From: sarahs mum
ID: 1194706
Subject: re: Lost bones, a mass grave and war wrecks

Arts said:


How interesting… the salvage of one thing has potential to lead to the understanding, placement and knowledge of another.

The indifference of those cutting stems from ignorance, not lack of compassion

*feels so many things.

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Date: 3/03/2018 12:22:45
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 1194912
Subject: re: Lost bones, a mass grave and war wrecks

> The pillaging of the graveyard.

A victimless crime.

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Date: 4/03/2018 11:56:58
From: Ogmog
ID: 1195230
Subject: re: Lost bones, a mass grave and war wrecks

sarahs mum said:


https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/28/bones-mass-grave-british-war-wrecks-java-indonesia?CMP=fb_gu

This article has got to me.

The pillaging of the graveyard. The artefacts. The ‘low background steel.’ I seem to be a bit of shock.

‘nuf sed :-(

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Date: 4/03/2018 12:02:34
From: sarahs mum
ID: 1195232
Subject: re: Lost bones, a mass grave and war wrecks

It’s like contesting the landscape. Except it is a seascape.
Why is it more of a concern if it is a WW1 or 2 battlefield in Belgium?

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Date: 4/03/2018 21:44:31
From: sarahs mum
ID: 1195369
Subject: re: Lost bones, a mass grave and war wrecks

sarahs mum said:


It’s like contesting the landscape. Except it is a seascape.
Why is it more of a concern if it is a WW1 or 2 battlefield in Belgium?

The contested landscape in Europe include those who are farmers. They wish to get back to remediating the land, returning it to fertility and using it for profit. There are those who find the craters romantic or symbolic and wish for them to stay as is. There are those who wish to treat places as cemeteries. There are places that are available to the public after ploughing to see if artefacts can be found. Some artefacts are found by relatives or historians. Others go straight to Ebay.

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Date: 4/03/2018 21:48:17
From: Peak Warming Man
ID: 1195371
Subject: re: Lost bones, a mass grave and war wrecks

sarahs mum said:


sarahs mum said:

It’s like contesting the landscape. Except it is a seascape.
Why is it more of a concern if it is a WW1 or 2 battlefield in Belgium?

The contested landscape in Europe include those who are farmers. They wish to get back to remediating the land, returning it to fertility and using it for profit. There are those who find the craters romantic or symbolic and wish for them to stay as is. There are those who wish to treat places as cemeteries. There are places that are available to the public after ploughing to see if artefacts can be found. Some artefacts are found by relatives or historians. Others go straight to Ebay.

Yes, the last scene in the Blackadder series goes from a hell hole to peaceful fields.

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Date: 21/08/2018 13:46:35
From: sarahs mum
ID: 1265570
Subject: re: Lost bones, a mass grave and war wrecks

bump.

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