Monday, 25 May 2015

DumsorMustStop as in “Charge of the Light Brigade”



If you observe the achievement of the DumsorMustStop movement, in what words can they be glorified than from the eternal poem of Alfred Lord Tennyson’s “Charge of the Light Brigade”.





The poem is on the bravery showed by six hundred soldiers in the face of death as they rode through the Valley of Death. See how the build up to the vigil flows with the “Charge of the Light Brigade”.


The movement started with an outburst on social media from Yvonne Nelson that DumsorMustStop with the desire to rally the crowds.

Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
[…]“Forward, the Light Brigade!
Charge for the guns!” he said. [ …]
 
Then came some celebrities and traditional authourity to stymie the movement and discourage people from joining the DumsorMustStop movement but they were ignored.

“Forward, the Light Brigade!”
Was there a man dismayed?
[…]   Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die.
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.[…]

Hard line politicians traded dirty words of war on the stars calling names like prostitutes, brothel and burn their movies and music.
 
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volleyed and thundered;
Stormed at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of hell
Rode the six hundred.

As though their predicament was about to end, then came the confusion for the starting line for the vigil, the movement was pushed to and fro but they stood their ground.
[…]They that had fought so well
Came through the jaws of Death,
Back from the mouth of hell,
All that was left of them,
Left of six hundred.[…]

In the end the DumsorMustStop vigil came on and was hail by all as successful. How do you think history will remember this vigil? I leave that to Alfred Lord Tennyson as I sign out.
When can their glory fade?
O the wild charge they made!
All the world wondered.
Honour the charge they made!
Honour the Light Brigade,
Noble six hundred!


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