1.0 link 67252 <![CDATA[I Want My Dada!]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-belzer/i-want-my-dada_b_67252.html The first World War was sold as -- and thought to be -- a noble, necessary endeavor that was to end all wars. Soon it became evident that this first-mechanized war was a heartbreakingly horrific slaughter house of epic proportions.

The senseless decimation of virtually all the young men who -- with fervor and patriotism -- eagerly enlisted to "defend" their nation so repelled a group of artists and writers that they felt compelled to question the very meaning and purpose...

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