Friday, January 8, 2010

Sweeper's Bitter Labour Is Child's Innocent Delight Is Soldier's Masochistic Test Of Machismo?


Love or dread the snows of winter ?
Sorry for pointing out the banal obvious but
it's all a matter of context and perspective, isn't it?


Pic from Chosun Ilbo ( Jan 5, 2010)





Army special forces are in training on Mount Hwangbyeong in Gangwon Province on January 8, when the mercury fell below minus 20 degrees Celsius. ( Pic from Yonhap News, caption from KBS World )

I get it that someone's gotta shovel the snow while others can frolic in their winter wonderland but conducting snow drills in sub-zero temperatures is character or morale- building ???? Somebody please explain the rationale to me.

See related posting for autumn.

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