[hermitcrab]

"Morris had spent his national service lecturing soldiers in fine arts"

Imagine trying to explain impressionism to some conscript squaddies.

[worik]

Why would conscrtpt squaddies have any more trouble with that, than you? Or me?

People everywhere are very smart, curious and want to something other than kill.

There are exceptions, but they're exceptions

[ajb]

Indeed. Conscript squaddies were representative of the population, that's how conscription worked. Except for being all men, of course. It's no more silly to expect them to be interested in art, than to expect schoolchildren to be.

[golem14]

Hey, I was one of those -- get off my lawn!

;)