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| Thread ID: 99251 | 2009-04-25 00:54:00 | Lest We Forget | --Wolf-- (128) | PC World Chat |
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| 768264 | 2009-04-25 05:36:00 | Sorry pctek but I am with the others, disturbing to see your comment when I lost a few relations in WW1 & WW2. | Bantu (52) | ||
| 768265 | 2009-04-25 05:37:00 | So does this mean we don't remember the sacrifice they paid? Just becuase they went seeking adventure doesn't mean that we should forget the ultimate sacrifice that many of them paid. No, I also doubt it, but the point behind the ANZAC memorial services is to remember those who sacrificied their lives, health etc so that following generations (people like ourselves) could enjoy the freedom we do. I will be honest with you all, I find it rather saddening at the number of people who don't care about this day - people who have no idea of the horrors that our ancestors went through to give us the freedom we seem to take for granted these days. Do we honestly think that hitler and the german/japanese war machines would've just given up and gone home one day and left us all alone? This was only 60+ years ago. Look back in history and many of the other empires - they didn't just last a couple of years, they went on for decades. If it wasn't for their sacrifice we could all still be under Nazi German or Imperial Japanese rule - and I am sure none of us would want that. So heck, take a few hours out of your year, and partake in a remeberence service to thank those who are still alive, and the families of those who lost fathers/mothers/brothers/sisters etc. Lest we forget I whole hearted agree, I lost several members of my family in WW2 not of my generation but my grandparents generation most would have lived long enough for me to meet them if the war hadn't intervened. I always attended my local armistice day event in England and now go to the ANZAC one here every year. We should never forget the SACRIFICE they paid for OUR freedom. :2cents: |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 768266 | 2009-04-25 05:44:00 | I have suggested to the mods a 24 hour ban for pctek, might give her time to ponder her words of wisdom. But my suggestions seem to be falling on deaf ears today. | plod (107) | ||
| 768267 | 2009-04-25 05:53:00 | My father fought in WW2 in North Africa and got shot in the leg and was captured by the Germans and spent the rest of the war in a POW camp in Austria. Yes shame on you pctek. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 768268 | 2009-04-25 05:53:00 | Sorry I'm a bit cynical about it. What are we remembering? The dead who fought in the last 2 World Wars? OK, fair enough, although loads of them in the 1st one went off thinking it was some great adventure. More fool them. But of course people will forget. Who remembers the thousands and thousands of wars throughout history and the millions who died in them or as a result of them? Archeologists. And does it stop the human race fighting? NO, there's still loads of it going on. Will it prevent a WWIII? I doubt it. What sort of WWIII there moght be may alter, but never? Nah....... We honour the dead, For the price they paid, In order for us to live the life we lead. How many men died so that you would have a peaceful country to live in while they lay dead a half a world away?, so that in turn you could dishonour them with your words. Would you be strong enough to have paid that price? to go on the great adventure knowing not only you most probably wouldn't come back? But to carry on knowing there was a job to done, a sacrifice to be made. Lest we forget. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 768269 | 2009-04-25 05:55:00 | We should never forget the SACRIFICE they paid for OUR freedom. Um - I can understand the sentiments about ANZAC Day - but it is to commemorate the New Zealand and Australian soldiers who lost their lives in Gallipoli (mostly) in WWI. The First World War was fought in the European Theatre after the collapse of the major alliances that obtained in Europe at the time. The world was not at threat of being taken over by Hitler - and WWI certainly was never about OUR freedom in New Zealand - we sent soldiers and material simply because we were a dominion under British sovereignty. |
Deane F (8204) | ||
| 768270 | 2009-04-25 05:56:00 | I have suggested to the mods a 24 hour ban for pctek, might give her time to ponder her words of wisdom. But my suggestions seem to be falling on deaf ears today. In my short time with this forum this PCTEK post is the worst I have ever seen. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 768271 | 2009-04-25 06:04:00 | When I was a kid in Birmingham, it was common to see blokes who'd been badly injured in WW1. Many who'd had their legs blown off sat on sort of trolleys, boards on wheels, begging on street corners, and propelled themselves around with their hands. Others more fortunate maybe had an eye missing, or an arm missing and had the empty jacket sleeve pinned up, or at least had one leg and got around on crutches. Others had no physical injuries, but like my grandad were probably scarred mentally for life and this maybe came out in his treatment of his family. My grans brother in law was loopy, so was her brother in some respects, he had a bullet lodged in his head which could not be removed. Virtually every family had relatives killed, maimed or grossly affected by WW1. It affected me a lot as a child. However, be that as it may, pctek is really only telling it as it is. People do forget, easily; wars will still happen and are happening. Volunteers and conscripts did go off with a cheer, and lots of flag waving, it will all be over by Christmas, they said that in WW2 too. It was the way of things, and always has been. What gets me is the bringing of God into it, by all sides, Gott in Himmel ! |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 768272 | 2009-04-25 06:05:00 | Um - I can understand the sentiments about ANZAC Day - but it is to commemorate the New Zealand and Australian soldiers who lost their lives in Gallipoli (mostly) in WWI. The First World War was fought in the European Theatre after the collapse of the major alliances that obtained in Europe at the time. The world was not at threat of being taken over by Hitler - and WWI certainly was never about OUR freedom in New Zealand - we sent soldiers and material simply because we were a dominion under British sovereignty. It is our duty to fight alongside our allies, To defend all of our freedoms, and if our allies fall then we are doomed. This is true now, during WW2 and WW1. Accept it, You may live in a bubble but it wouldn't protect you from much. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 768273 | 2009-04-25 06:08:00 | I have suggested to the mods a 24 hour ban for pctek, might give her time to ponder her words of wisdom. But my suggestions seem to be falling on deaf ears today.I understand this is sensitive and personal subject for many, but pctek was merely giving her opinion. This is no reason to ban a person. | Jen (38) | ||
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