{"id":5916,"date":"2022-02-26T10:43:35","date_gmt":"2022-02-26T18:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=5916"},"modified":"2022-02-26T10:43:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T18:43:35","slug":"why-victoria-bc-02-26-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=5916","title":{"rendered":"Why\u2026.? \u2013 Victoria, BC \u2013 [02\/26\/2022]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you don\u2019t know who\u2019s going to die ~ Dr Who<\/em><\/p>\n

You think you know what it is to feel helpless. And then suddenly something massive happens, and you realize you really had no idea at all.<\/p>\n

Amras and I have dear friends on both sides of this horror. Most, thank heavens, are safely out on contracts. But not all.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s not what this is really about.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve never understood war. I still don\u2019t. You can explain to me a dozen times over why this is happening, and I still won\u2019t understand it. Perhaps I\u2019m too na\u00efve, perhaps there is always the part of me that\u2019s still that little girl standing in the mud at the Cenotaph, trying to figure out\u2026why? Why do people have to go out and kill each other? Just\u2026why. To this day, no one has an answer for me.<\/p>\n

You can explain to me a million times over why no one seems willing to help a country that has done nothing except try to join an alliance that was within their rights to want to join. People are saying it was because they had figures in government that leaned towards a certain despised political party ; and for all I know that may be true \u2013 but look anywhere in the world<\/em> and you will find people with those leanings in positions of power. Heck, even look in Canada and you will find it. It\u2019s tragic, and sickening but it\u2019s sadly not uncommon. So why them? You can tell me it\u2019s about resources\u2026and I\u2019ll ask again\u2026why them? Is not peaceful trade for those resources an option? You can tell me that lending military aid will bring about WW3, and I will believe you, and the thought terrifies me because yes I know what that would mean\u2026but that will not make me feel any less guilt ridden about them being left to die<\/p>\n

The old song says \u201cwhat is it good for? Absolutely nothing\u201d\u2026and I can\u2019t help but side with that.<\/p>\n

When you have civilians being forced to take up arms to try and fend off an army that is so very much bigger and stronger than they are. When musicians are putting down violins and picking up rifles\u2026because no one else will help them<\/em>. There has<\/em> to be something wrong with that. Can\u2019t you see there something wrong?<\/p>\n

And then there\u2019s me. This one little person in Canada who is looking at people on all sides saying \u201cwell if you\u2019re so worried go and do something about it\u201d\u2026who has no money, no useful talents to lend, who isn\u2019t even sure if she can give blood to the red cross\u2026who is stuck just standing here, thinking of that one dear friend who may or may not get out through Poland\u2026<\/p>\n

Who is just standing here with the mental equivalent of her best shoes sliding in the mud of the Cenotaph and crying\u2026<\/p>\n

Because still\u2026no one can explain to her why\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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