tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005756131065514338.post1535364672605977377..comments2024-03-27T15:49:28.147+00:00Comments on Commonwealth Stamps Opinion: 1077. πΈπ¬π²πΊ Joint Singapore-Indonesia Issue; Mauritius Police
Commemorated.White Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17968199477827266643noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005756131065514338.post-29000780675533527712017-09-06T15:58:22.158+00:002017-09-06T15:58:22.158+00:00Yes, it is difficult to take this issue in. I pres...Yes, it is difficult to take this issue in. I presume that this issue is intended to remind the world of the horror of what happened in Bangladesh in 1971 and to honour the victims, even the most humble, who suffered and died in the terrible events. There is clearly much anger, understandably, felt towards the perpetrators of these horrors. Perhaps it iisn't a bad idea to bring the reality of these events to the notice of the world, even 46 years after they occurred. There have been many more such instances of man's cruelty to man since the events depicted on the stamps.<br /> I don't think this issue is about "philately" which after all is a pretty trivial pursuit when you realise what does happen to people in this world. This set is clearly issued for other uses of stamps - remembrance and commemoration as well as propaganda.<br /> It makes stamps about "Star Wars" look pretty trite.White Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17968199477827266643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005756131065514338.post-11718399674997502422017-09-06T14:50:26.488+00:002017-09-06T14:50:26.488+00:00I really don;t know if this is what philately is ...I really don;t know if this is what philately is all about or for..No doubting that these atrocities and massacres occurred. But still these images are stomach churning. Dogs eating victims??? Come on. <br />What next? Rwanda stamps with butchered genocide victims...PETERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09841934409802483012noreply@blogger.com