For Harry, England and St George!

Goldsmiths students are, on the whole, anti-war. I count myself among them on this issue. War is a horrific environment that I will count myself lucky if I don't have to experience. However, where we differ is that I am not anti-forces. War is inevitable, and being in the forces is just a job. Its members are just working in a shitty job that I do not envy and admire them for.

Which brings me on to the idea of glory. They would argue that you it's impossible to get glory from killing other people. I would argue that it's just another word for dying without any good reason, much like most war deaths. The concept of 'glory' as you die serving your country and its people is as ridiculous as the idea of me endorsing Ken Livingstone as the next Mayor of London. When you die you are dead, and that is all there is to it.

There are those who die doing acts to save their fellow troops and those really are glorious, but they're also damn stupid (a.k.a. 'brave').

Death is not glorious.

Clarification: to appease my dear house-mate Jonny, I must correct my lexicon. I am anti-war in that I don't want it to happen, however I also think that it is a necessary and inevitable evil. Apparently that essentially makes me pro-war. Hope that's clearer.