Brucie - Charles M. Province writes stupid useless drivel-

It is we the people who have freedom of the press.
It is we the people who have freedom of speech.
It is we the people who have the freedom to demonstrate.
It is we the people who have the right to a fair trial.
It is we the people who have the right to burn the flag.

none of our freedoms were 'given' to us by any soldier

some of our freedoms were defended for us by some soldiers

that's all that can be said truthfully

the 'poem' by Province is meaningless melodrama, designed to inflame and incite the right to mobilize against 'too much' freedom for the rest of us who don't agree with you.

my sympathies, respect and thanks to the vets who have sacrificed.

my disgust and scorn for the politicians who misled them and put them in harms way.

my utmost disgust and scorn for the Rush Limbaughs, Bill Kristols, Bill O'Reillys and thier ilk who use the dead bodies and broken limbs of veterans to further thier own personal careers and agendas.

finally, my sympathies, respect and thanks also to the Americans who refused to serve. By doing so they exercise the freedoms we all cherish. there is no freedom if it is not acted on, if it is just enshrined somewhere and we say 'those are our FREEDOMS. but don't think about living as if they mean something. our leaders know best, just shup up and stay in line.'

I expect this response may be unfairly relegated to the BS bin, but that's where this whole thread belongs. I am not trying to politicise this thread, but Armistice Day/Veterans Day is not meant to be a feel good remembrance, but a 'never again if we can help it' remembrance.
work for peace, there is no glory in war.