A great pity that history, the people of Europe and my Granddads didn't have the wonderful learning, understanding and faith in jingoism that the mighty Teribus and Keith A. hole of Hertford portray.

Just think, if it wasn't for newspapers reporting news, we might have had to resort to propaganda. If it wasn't for education, universal suffrage and cosmopolitan thinking by all those people with world views, we might have had to resort to things that recent revisionists play down, such as

Marches through towns to impress young ladies to get their men to join them.
Recruiting sergeants waiting outside pubs to get them whilst pissed.
Women being told of their duty to give white feathers to any man without a uniform.
Draconian punishment for being shell shocked.
Capital punishment for those for whom the penny had dropped.

After all, every soldier knew their duty. Sadly, many thought so.

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