Thinking about a line from my notes. 'The medium IS the message' today when Canada remembers their soldiers and sacrifice from historic wars. Countries try to represent themselves and their values, morale, and so much more via growing mediums in today's day and age. Going from the traditional to the ones that create more impact.. They organize summits, press conferences, video messages for the public, radio shows, news paper articles, and now it's all on the web.. An amalgamation of all that we had in parts earlier, put beautifully on one plate for the reader to digest. But these mediums speak so much about their writer. They expose the thoughts of these people.. Sometimes more than one would like. But what could be the hidden message that we take from remembering these events? From the pictures in history books to preserved artifacts in museums? I believe Canada is a country that has actually learned from these occurrences but we still find our troops and diplomats abroad in other countries fighting for one reason or the other. And I think to myself... Will we ever have any country brave enough to be respected and influential to a level where it needs no armed forces at all. And at a larger level, will we ever have a world where knowledge will be the only respected power and where every country is ready to live in a world where they genuinely embody the thought that 'the best weapon is one that does not need to be fired at all'. Does this sound too much like a fairy tale? Is it really over simplifying the situations of our world? Or is it just that these missions, and wars are excuses for achieving selfish goals of those power hungry individuals? Whatever it may be.. It cannot stop a man to try and dream for a better future at the very least. And the dreams will only come true when the voice of millions become one voice and change the present.. Little by little.. We will acquire the world we have dreamed of.. Some day!
Dev
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