excerpt from a newspaper editorial written in anticipation of the 50th anniversary (1994) of the Normandy Landings and dedicated to the writer’s then 8-year-old grandson—
“These are sobering thoughts, but perhaps one day, God forbid, you will be called upon to fight. There will be those who tell you that it is crazy to go to your death. Don’t listen to them. Of the very few values worth dying for, two should be held most dear: freedom and the respect of others. I hope that you will be a man of peace because I am horrified by violence. But take care never to be a pacifist, since tyrants of all stripes have not heart and no soul.”
-Rene Garre, president of the Conseil Regional of Lower Normandy
Rather suprising, from a Frenchman. Take care never to be a pacifist.
PennyDaisy 