Soldier says Peace!
07/19/2007
I heard a most interesting interview on the radio yesterday morning and it stuck on my mind. The guy being interviewed was Srečko Rože, collector and owner of the Military Museum Tabor in Lokev village in south-western Slovenia, near Lipica, the cradle of the White Horse of the Karst, Lipicanec. You may know some of them from their place of work abroad in the Spanish Riding School of Vienna. Whoops, rambling in progress. Back to subject.
A miliraty museum is not something I would normally advertise, but I loved the way it was presented. This enthusiastic ex soldier, while fascinated by the items in the collection, says his goal is to exhibit the articles as a reminder of what humans are capable of doing to one another. With this premise in mind and listening to him go on and on about the project, I think I might drop by the museum and see all the uniforms and arms by myself as well. And try not to think too much about their purpose, but more about their message.
This quote does not entirely fit the subject, but I like it so here you go.
I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.
-Booker T. Washington (1856-1915)
Morska said,
July 20, 2007 @ 7:09 pm
V Sieni in San Gimignanu sem bila v muzeju mučilnih naprav, pa se mi je zdelo, da ljudje niso ravno razmišljali o tem, kaj smo sposobni narediti drug drugemu. Meni je bilo kar tesno moram reči, ker si ponavadi vse predstavljam, a ne vem, ako je to neko pravilo.
Podobne občutke sem imela v Begunjah in najbrž bi podobne imela v vojaškem muzeju. Takih in podobnih je nešteto, pa se še vedno dogajajo norosti. Hočem reči… ne vidim ravno neke sporočilnosti v njih. Zanimivi najbrž so za tistega, ki ga tematika zanima, za ostalo pa…
dr. filomena said,
July 21, 2007 @ 10:24 pm
Morska, bujna domišljija tudi meni ne da miru, kadar vidim mučilnice, orožje, da policijskega muzeja sploh ne omenjam.
Ne razumem koncepta vojske. Če nihče ne bi hotel služiti kot vojak, ne bi bilo vojn, ne? Mogoče preveč poenostavljeno, ampak vseeno… veš, pri srcu me stisne vsakič, kadar vidim otroke, ki se streljajo z vodnimi pištolami, igrajo vojake…
Imagine…
Morska said,
July 24, 2007 @ 10:23 am
No, to ni tok kritično, dokler gre za igro… sej mi smo tudi igrali kavbojce in indijance, na koncu pa smo vedno bili prijatelji 🙂
Če starši znajo z otroki… bodo razumeli..
dr. filomena said,
July 24, 2007 @ 4:04 pm
Igra šmigra. Kaj pa je igra, če ne vaja. Naj se vadijo v čem drugem. Naj delajo zmaje, jadrnice, rakete, naj brcajo žogo, pojejo, plešejo, jodlajo po hribih… možnosti je malo morje. S fejk orožjem pa v smeti.