“This Monument Is for the Unknown Good in Our Enemies—A Thought for the Day on Remembrance Sunday” by Andrew James Brown

Citation

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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Stafford's Ghandi questions

Prompts

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.