tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31558164.post8860880242839005104..comments2024-01-17T06:25:55.587-05:00Comments on The Old Coot: "In the Days When the World Was Wide"RM1(SS) (ret)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13101367196599109034noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31558164.post-594839394539747392007-11-10T14:03:00.000-05:002007-11-10T14:03:00.000-05:00Agree. I could do without the colonialism and the ...Agree. I could do without the colonialism <I>and</I> the misogyny - "We fight like women, and feel as much"? People want to go back to the "good old days" -- when the less-thans knew their place and respected their 'betters,' and one could plant their foot firmly on the necks of their colonists and be the king... but it is a good rollicking poem.tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31558164.post-41152077214545406552007-11-10T11:29:00.000-05:002007-11-10T11:29:00.000-05:00I love the metre and story-telling aspect here, an...I love the metre and story-telling aspect here, and the poem was obviously designed for memorization and recitation with all its repetition. (Now, the colonialism I could do without, but it does make a good point about learning from history!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com