So, who here will show their support on Sunday?
Poll: So, who here will show their support on Sunday?
Total Members Polled: 120
Discussion
How many here go, or take relatives/neighbors, down to the cenotaph to bow their heads so they can pay homage to the horror & sacrificing of life during the wars, only to see Great Briton as it is today?
Were we really once a proud nation with stiff upper lips?
Apologies if this has been covered
Were we really once a proud nation with stiff upper lips?
Apologies if this has been covered
I'll be there, and participating in a service as well.
It's important that we respect those who have fought and lost their lives for us. It's not just about the 2 World Wars anymore, it's more relevant nowadays.
It doesn't matter if you support the war or not, it's about respect for people who have died, in my opinion.
It's important that we respect those who have fought and lost their lives for us. It's not just about the 2 World Wars anymore, it's more relevant nowadays.
It doesn't matter if you support the war or not, it's about respect for people who have died, in my opinion.
Every year I stop what I'm doing at 11. Have a think. Then get back to it having mentally said ta muchly. Utter respect and admiration for the chaps and chapesses, both live and dead.
The thing that started my gratitude was, as a kid, I would pass a war memorial every day on the walk to school, and my surname was among those listed killed. Hang on, thought I, one of my own snuffed it protecting my little village! They used to walk this road, and then they buggered off abroad and someone shot them. Their (my) family lost someone they loved to give them a chance to continue on this British life.
That affects a 7 year old, and I wear my poppy with pride (if I didn't keep forgetting to put it on!) and put some pounds into the bucket to keep the war horses in mashed potato and well deserved ribbons.
Bravo!
stands up and salutes the wall
The thing that started my gratitude was, as a kid, I would pass a war memorial every day on the walk to school, and my surname was among those listed killed. Hang on, thought I, one of my own snuffed it protecting my little village! They used to walk this road, and then they buggered off abroad and someone shot them. Their (my) family lost someone they loved to give them a chance to continue on this British life.
That affects a 7 year old, and I wear my poppy with pride (if I didn't keep forgetting to put it on!) and put some pounds into the bucket to keep the war horses in mashed potato and well deserved ribbons.
Bravo!
stands up and salutes the wall
i voted no. i am not at all religious and i find the religion/war thing doesn't tie up with my beliefs or way of thinking.
i await a flaming, but should point out i paraded as a cadet and when in the RNR, sold poppies and all the rest. the church services just did absolutely nothing for me. i am thankful for what my forefather's did to defend britain and the sacrifices they made, but do not need to be told when and how to remember/mourn this.
just looking at images such as those by robert capra et al evokes far more emotion in me that rememberence sunday ever will.
i await a flaming, but should point out i paraded as a cadet and when in the RNR, sold poppies and all the rest. the church services just did absolutely nothing for me. i am thankful for what my forefather's did to defend britain and the sacrifices they made, but do not need to be told when and how to remember/mourn this.
just looking at images such as those by robert capra et al evokes far more emotion in me that rememberence sunday ever will.
I shall be on a boys' weekend in Scotland, shooting.
So I shall show my respect by murdering the local wildlife and then getting unreasonably drunk in a local hostelry.
I care very much about our forces casualties and serving members.
It's not going to keep my from grouse and whisky, though.
So I shall show my respect by murdering the local wildlife and then getting unreasonably drunk in a local hostelry.
I care very much about our forces casualties and serving members.
It's not going to keep my from grouse and whisky, though.
shirt said:
i voted no. i am not at all religious and i find the religion/war thing doesn't tie up with my beliefs or way of thinking.
i await a flaming, but should point out i paraded as a cadet and when in the RNR, sold poppies and all the rest. the church services just did absolutely nothing for me. i am thankful for what my forefather's did to defend britain and the sacrifices they made, but do not need to be told when and how to remember/mourn this.
just looking at images such as those by robert capra et al evokes far more emotion in me that rememberence sunday ever will.
So in a away, you are remembering as such, but not on a specific day. You don't need a service to remind you what has happened previously, and I personally don't see the problem with that.i await a flaming, but should point out i paraded as a cadet and when in the RNR, sold poppies and all the rest. the church services just did absolutely nothing for me. i am thankful for what my forefather's did to defend britain and the sacrifices they made, but do not need to be told when and how to remember/mourn this.
just looking at images such as those by robert capra et al evokes far more emotion in me that rememberence sunday ever will.
Voted Yes.
Out of all the various days we have set aside for remeberances of some sort and description, 11/11 is possibly the most important for us as a nation and race!
The sacrifice those men, women, girls and boys made during the war just cannot be described in words. When you consider how very very close we came to losing the war, and how easily the outcome could have gone the other way, it makes you realise even more how thankful we all should be.
Out of all the various days we have set aside for remeberances of some sort and description, 11/11 is possibly the most important for us as a nation and race!
The sacrifice those men, women, girls and boys made during the war just cannot be described in words. When you consider how very very close we came to losing the war, and how easily the outcome could have gone the other way, it makes you realise even more how thankful we all should be.
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