Comments on: Some Things Never Change… http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/02/16/some-things-never-change/ Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:23:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/02/16/some-things-never-change/comment-page-1/#comment-39939 CherryPie Fri, 20 Feb 2015 20:28:30 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=15058#comment-39939 I agree with everything you have said. I agree with everything you have said.

]]> By: Astrid http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/02/16/some-things-never-change/comment-page-1/#comment-39930 Astrid Fri, 20 Feb 2015 09:19:29 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=15058#comment-39930 You are right, that is why I am so against the ones that made the choice to leave to country to fight in a war which they think is right and come back and expect to just live from my taxmoney.....and I am not talking about trained soldiers in a countries duty. A problem not easy to be solved. You are right, that is why I am so against the ones that made the choice to leave to country to fight in a war which they think is right and come back and expect to just live from my taxmoney…..and I am not talking about trained soldiers in a countries duty.
A problem not easy to be solved.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/02/16/some-things-never-change/comment-page-1/#comment-39920 CherryPie Thu, 19 Feb 2015 21:56:37 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=15058#comment-39920 That must have been really interesting meeting those students from around the world. It is sad but that is how it is (killing each other) in some places. I think we would be better focused on not letting that sort of behaviour infiltrate into our own countries. That must have been really interesting meeting those students from around the world.

It is sad but that is how it is (killing each other) in some places. I think we would be better focused on not letting that sort of behaviour infiltrate into our own countries.

]]> By: Astrid http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/02/16/some-things-never-change/comment-page-1/#comment-39906 Astrid Thu, 19 Feb 2015 04:43:53 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=15058#comment-39906 When I was 12 years old....48 years ago, my father worked for Philips (radio communication) we hosted 9 months out of the year 'foreign students'. Back then, the 'upper ten' elite from the countries they came from. They were taught in the Netherlands to be a teacher and go back to their country and educate 'at home'. We had for 9 months a student from Sudan, of course we talked about South Sudan, his answer, oh they already kill each other for hundreds of years and they will keep killing each other, they are two different tribes and they will never give up and never give in........ I often wonder why 'we' even bother, THEY don't want peace......it is a bottomless pit wasting money. (and yes I hear myself talking and it sounds awful) We had students from Vietnam, Korea, Lesotho, Ghana, Peru...... yes I got my education at home When I was 12 years old….48 years ago, my father worked for Philips (radio communication) we hosted 9 months out of the year ‘foreign students’. Back then, the ‘upper ten’ elite from the countries they came from. They were taught in the Netherlands to be a teacher and go back to their country and educate ‘at home’.
We had for 9 months a student from Sudan, of course we talked about South Sudan, his answer, oh they already kill each other for hundreds of years and they will keep killing each other, they are two different tribes and they will never give up and never give in……..
I often wonder why ‘we’ even bother, THEY don’t want peace……it is a bottomless pit wasting money. (and yes I hear myself talking and it sounds awful)
We had students from Vietnam, Korea, Lesotho, Ghana, Peru…… yes I got my education at home

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/02/16/some-things-never-change/comment-page-1/#comment-39900 CherryPie Wed, 18 Feb 2015 21:20:36 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=15058#comment-39900 Unfortunately that is the way of things in that part of the world. Maybe one day it will change, we can hope... Unfortunately that is the way of things in that part of the world. Maybe one day it will change, we can hope…

]]> By: London Caller http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/02/16/some-things-never-change/comment-page-1/#comment-39890 London Caller Wed, 18 Feb 2015 12:34:46 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=15058#comment-39890 I know, isn't this so sad?! I know, isn’t this so sad?!

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/02/16/some-things-never-change/comment-page-1/#comment-39885 CherryPie Tue, 17 Feb 2015 20:47:37 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=15058#comment-39885 For me 'as a woman', Afghanistan is not a place where I would consider undertaking aid work. Women are not highly regarded there. For me ‘as a woman’, Afghanistan is not a place where I would consider undertaking aid work. Women are not highly regarded there.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/02/16/some-things-never-change/comment-page-1/#comment-39884 CherryPie Tue, 17 Feb 2015 20:43:57 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=15058#comment-39884 They don't look very well protected from an invasion... They don’t look very well protected from an invasion…

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/02/16/some-things-never-change/comment-page-1/#comment-39883 CherryPie Tue, 17 Feb 2015 20:42:50 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=15058#comment-39883 The book I read recently 'The Poppy: A history of conflict, loss, remembrance & redemption' told of the most recent conflict there and how the 'dragon hunters' did not meet their aim, caused more problems and had to change tack. A jolly fine idea of yours, turning the sign around :-) The book I read recently ‘The Poppy: A history of conflict, loss, remembrance & redemption’ told of the most recent conflict there and how the ‘dragon hunters’ did not meet their aim, caused more problems and had to change tack.

A jolly fine idea of yours, turning the sign around :-)

]]> By: Mandy http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/02/16/some-things-never-change/comment-page-1/#comment-39880 Mandy Tue, 17 Feb 2015 20:36:07 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=15058#comment-39880 What a treasure of a photo. Strangely enough, I'd considered doing aid work in Afganistan until really recently until the current practice of aid workers being targeted and kidnapped abroad became a thing. There was the South African aid workers who was killed by Taliban along with his children and then the spate of ISIS abductions and murders. I think Afganistan will remain forbidden territory for me for the foreseeable future! What a treasure of a photo. Strangely enough, I’d considered doing aid work in Afganistan until really recently until the current practice of aid workers being targeted and kidnapped abroad became a thing. There was the South African aid workers who was killed by Taliban along with his children and then the spate of ISIS abductions and murders. I think Afganistan will remain forbidden territory for me for the foreseeable future!

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