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Thread #147924   Message #3431357
Posted By: GUEST,Backwoodsman sans Cookie
05-Nov-12 - 11:31 AM
Thread Name: BS: Armistice Day (please moderate)
Subject: RE: BS: Armistice Day (please moderate)
Come on Jack, it's not about anti-war protests (although many of us who will be at their local war memorial on Sunday morning do abhor all wars, including current conflicts), it's about remembering the sacrifice made by millions of servicemen and women, and civilians, during those wars. It's all we have to give them, and Remembrance should be held sacred by everyone, a debt of gratitude owed to those who went through horrors we can only imagine, and a demonstration of our respect for them.

Anti-war protest is fine - in its rightful place. Anyone with half a brain and a trace of sensitivity can understand that a Remembrance Day ceremony isn't its rightful place.