Re:How the 1918 Flu Spread Across America (2017)
by generalpass on Friday February 28, 2020 @12:09PM
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Was there ever a better example of why the government needs to be kept away from news outlets?
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Re:How the 1918 Flu Spread Across America (2017)
by war1025 on Friday February 28, 2020 @12:32PM
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I don't know that it's a correct reply for this comment, but it sparked in my mind the memory of "All Quiet on the Western Front" [1]
The initial premise of which is that the townsfolk talk war up as a glamorous and noble thing, so all the boys enlist at the outbreak of WWI, only to find what absolute hell it is.
Actually makes me want to go back and read the book. Or maybe re-read? I don't remember if we read it before we watched the film.
[1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/355697.All_Quiet_on_the_...