T his weekend, the question of what, precisely, constitutes an "imagination" came up in an online forum of which I am a part. To be fair, the issue originates from further afield in a Facebook group that I am not a member of, but I weighed in with my own view. The following was in response to the question posed yesterday (Sunday) morning by an exasperated member of my own rather more gentlemanly town square, who had been met with a strident response to information he shared about his (admirable) hobby activities on said FB group. Here is, more or less, what I wrote: To my mind, the concept of imagi-nation(s) is a broad one. It can range from historical refights or what-if scenarios/battles/campaigns between armies of a particular era, to completely made up combatants operating in a quasi-historical setting, to the rather generic red and blue forces of the Prussian Kriegspiel that examine a particular tactical problem, task, or exercise. ...
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Our gratitude is extended to you for reminding us that what we do is not war , not even a simulacrum. There is no valor, bravery, cowardice, pain or death. Only the joy of playing as we did when children with our toys. We need to think but more importantly simply to remember. When we do that all of our actions will be cast as they should be.
With hope for the most peaceful of worlds in the year to come,
I remain in friendship,
Gerardus Magnus
Archbishop Emeritus