Argentine Cemetry; flint, 1pm 18th Dec, drove there accompanied by Mum
I came up here when I was about 14, and for some reason I picked up a piece of flint from the pathway and kept it...
My guess is that it was because I wanted to show some internal acceptance and understanding for the majority of conscripted young Argentine soldiers who died in the 1982 conflict, rather than falling prey to the aminosity that it would be easy to hold when another country tries to invade your own, take your way of life for their own.
I felt it time to put the stone back, give it back and lay to rest past misconceptions of conflict and death, as well as my previous flailing and immature attempts at reconciliation with the crueler ways of the world.
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