Thursday, January 24, 2013

Old Age Day by Day January 24m 2013

We watched Hitchcock's 'The Lady Vanishes" last night.  As I get older myself, I love seeing the heroine being a lady in her sixties or seventies.  Dame May Whitty is delightful, intrepid, and brilliant.  And every time I see Michael Redgrave, I see Vanessa Redgrave in his face.  He's splendid, and despite the model trains and painted backdrops, the film's tension is wonderful.  Made during World War II, it has the passion and patriotism that created some wonderful films.  And the movie is an object lesson of the danger in assuming that a little old lady is what she seems, and only that.  This little old lady is a super spy, and able to outrun the Nazis.

I don't believe in war or combat, but if we have soldiers, I think they should be men or women.  Women want to do this, for a reason I can't fathom, but I cannot see why they are not able to be as combative as men.  So I'm fine with them being included in an activity I pray feverently to cease.
I know their are men, who, like me, would be terrified and unable to serve in combat, and there clearly are women who are passionate to serve.  I don't think it's about gender.

But let's realize war perpetuates itself, and we must turn to solutions that don't involve drones or combat.  The more diplomatic tools in our arsenal, the better to keep the peace.  Not soldiers, ideas.


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