14 Dark Moments in Valentine's Day History
The first known association of Valentine’s Day with romantic love is in 1382’s “Parlement of Foules” by Geoffrey Chaucer, but the earliest origins of the holiday can be found hundreds of years earlier. The date was likely named in honor of a priest who was clubbed, stoned and then beheaded in the 3rd century for marrying young couples in contravention of Claudius II’s edict forbidding marriage. Hardly the sort of cheery story one might expect for the origin of a holiday devoted to romance and love!
Although we still celebrate it today, Saint Valentine was actually removed from the calendar of celebrated saints’ days in 1969 – perhaps due to the array of “unfortunate” events that have occurred on the date throughout history. Weddingpaperdivas wants us to be aware of the “darker” side of the holiday, offering their list of the 14 most unsavory events in the history of Valentine’s Day. Continue reading…
Doug
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Interesting, but kind of a downer after "Valentine" the pig. I showed her to my wife and she wants to adopt her! Or find one just like her. NOW what am I supposed to do?
Seriously, the article is interesting. Everyone has heard of the SVD Massacre, but much of the rest was news to me. Thanks for posting!
I don't remember reading about the Alexandra Hospital massacre before. How awful! Have you ever noticed that when we are at war, the enemy always stoops to such atrocities?
Now we are at war with radical Islam, and look at the things they do! They are barbaric!
My father fought in WWII and my grandfather in WWI. Both have told me how difficult it was to come to grips with how awful the enemy was. Nothing has changed, has it.
People, it's Valentine's Day! Love and romance, okay?
I'm reminded of one of your entries yesterday, Doug..
and it occurs to me that to love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love.
But then one suffers from not loving. Therefore to love is
to suffer, not to love is to suffer.
To suffer is to suffer.
To be happy is to love. To be happy then is to suffer.
But suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be
unhappy one must love, or love to suffer, or suffer from
too much happiness. I hope you're getting this down...
I think I've got it, Michael. All you left out was the part about being a yam.
Excellent work, though. I think it would leave anyone speechless which is, after all, the point.
Put another way, love is good, though love often brings pain and suffering. It follows, then, that pain and suffering are, of course, good.
Doug