I'm not trying to start an argument, but yes, it's important to me. I was very young. To say it didn't happen is like erasing all that I went through. In my response, I tried to allow for the fact that others' life experiences may have been vastly different from mine. I have similar feelings about current efforts to erase history.
There isn't much to tell. There was a job to be done. They needed laborers, and I needed money. I brought back a piece of wall, a few coins, and a pocket knife. I still have the pocket knife. The rest is probably in my kit. I have a few memories of people, but these are personal memories. I have personal feelings attached.
Honestly, the response from Donster totally caught me by surprise. I figured he'd tell me what ”druken” actually meant and what that coin was. I understand that the currency is now euros. For some reason, as I thought of those things, I remembered other things. I'd never really mentioned any of that before. Growing up, I'd tried to get others to tell me about the war, but never understood until now why they never would.
As for your civilized societies, Nietche (sp) said something like that we have drank more of our mother's milk than there is water in the seas. I have a bit of knowledge about some of those societies. I think ”country” was a much more modern idea. I know we've lost much technological and medicinal knowledge. Before this triggers a response similar to the one above, some of that knowledge was dead ends. I have a sister who is an archaeologist of sorts (her minor), and who was often sought after. She got to go on a lot of digs, and she shared a bit. All I can say is that there are the people who know, and there's everyone else. Much knowledge is lost when the former group dies. Much ”history” is inaccurate, at best.
