XPost: can.general, can.politics, edm.general   
   From: C-O-A-L-I-T-I-O-N@cda.ca   
      
   > On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 13:50:13 +0000, The Doctor wrote:   
   >> I am going to the Edmonton Butterdome to lay a Wreath on behalf of the   
   >> Canadian Club of Edmonton.   
   >>   
   >> Are you attending a ceremony?   
      
   "Duncan Patton a Campbell"  wrote in message   
   news:pan.2010.11.11.22.46.59@neotext.ca...   
   > No.  Not while we are at war.  Remembrance day was originally   
   > a promise to the Veterans of WW1 that this would not happen   
   > again.   
      
      
   A whole lot of people are supporting Remembrance Day for very wrong reasons.    
   Almost every   
   vet will say that the war he/she participated in "was hell" and that we must   
   learn from   
   those experiences.  And then, we have those same vets talking about pride in   
   those who are   
   serving overseas in war right now.  Why would someone 'be'proud' of someone   
   participating   
   in something that's "hell"?   
      
   That's the problem with Remembrance Day and the solicitation of money through   
   poppy   
   campaigns - they entice everyone to 'take pride' in supporting those very   
   people who've   
   nothing but bad memories of their 'hells'.  As long as we think of wars as   
   something to be   
   proud of taking part in, the vets are undoing their own experiences - and   
   promoting others   
   to repeat them.   
      
   When the war vets motto turns to "remember what happened to us and don't let   
   it happen to   
   your sons and daughters", I may buy a poppy.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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