The Battle of Verdun is still having ecological and economic effects

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The headline makes it sound like it’s a bad thing.

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I wonder if the plant growth is due to the the French and German fertilizer that was spread over the battlefield.

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Good or bad, it’s proof that humans, like all other life forms, are ‘terraforming.’

ter·ra·form | ˈterəˌfôrm |
verb [with object]
(especially in science fiction) transform (a planet) so as to resemble the earth, especially so that it can support human life: that wild idea to use comets to terraform Venus | (as noun terraforming) : the terraforming of Mars.

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Make love, not war!

The Captain

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I tend to associate the poppies more with the Battle of Ypres…probably from the poem In Flanders Fields.

A Life imitates TMF moment a couple of nights ago…re-binge watching Foyle’s War and mention was made of this particular battle. Then checked on Wiki and, lo, was the anniversary of the poem being written.

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Thanks for the stimulus, VN

Short and in-your-face poignant.

:lotus:
ralph

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If you haven’t done so, you should watch the British made movie “Wipers Times”:

The Wipers Times (TV Movie 2013) - Plot - IMDb

Cheers!
Murph