“This Monument Is for the Unknown Good in Our Enemies—A Thought for the Day on Remembrance Sunday” by Andrew James Brown
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Brown, Andrew James. “This Monument Is for the Unknown Good in Our Enemies—A Thought for the Day on Remembrance Sunday.” Blogspot. Caute, 7 Nov. 2025, https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2025/11/this-monument-is-for-unknown-good-in.html.
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Title of poem by William Edgar Stafford about empathy to enemies. :: “For the Unknown Enemy”
Author of “For the Unknown Enemy.” :: William Edgar Stafford
Main purpose of William Edgar Stafford's poem “For the Unknown Enemy.” :: Help us see how similar we are with our enemies.
Survivors of the atomic bombs in Japan are called hibakusha.
Composer of "This is My Song." :: Lloyd Stone
Title of the most famous song by Lloyd Stone about peace. :: "This is My Song"
Per Andrew James Brown, what is the “great mutual blindness” referring to in Stafford's poem “For the Unknown Enemy”? :: Racism and Xenophobia
Per Andrew James Brown how should a member of a liberal, free-religious community view calling out racism and xenophobia whenever it happens? :: View it as a sacred duty.
Why should liberal, free-religious people view calling out racism and xenophobia a sacred duty? :: These always ends in violence and, all too often, to war.