I usually wait until I am passing a memorial monment ang then place it there or attach it to a wreath there ...just a tradition i started to do after seeing it in OPttawa on the tomb of the unknown soldier...hope my kids do it now
Careful, that's exactly the sort of talk that people use to rationalize wars. Some would say the same thing about democracies (i.e., the USA in Vietnam or Iraq).... and the lives wasted by the fascists and communists...
I always have one stuck in the sun visor of my vehicle. I didn't lose anyone personally to any war but a few family members served and thousands died for our freedom. I don't think a day goes by when I don't think of the thousands who serve/served.No it is not a social faux pas. They were attempting to be helpful. Yes most of us stop wearing them as of November 12. If you want to wear yours for the entire month of November I fail to see the harm.
Not to hijack this thread but IMO Germany wasn't treated harshly enough. Germany as a country should have been eradicated after the first war and turned into an allied state with English as the main language, governed by a US system, and all the citizens become US (or allied). Then they go and do it again and (once again) thousands gave their lives to stop them.Nazi Germany wouldn't have gotten to where it did had the Allied Powers in WWI not treated them so harshly
+1Careful, that's exactly the sort of talk that people use to rationalize wars. Some would say the same thing about democracies (i.e., the USA in Vietnam or Iraq).
Nazi Germany wouldn't have gotten to where it did had the Allied Powers in WWI not treated them so harshly.
Playing the "they're bad, we're good" game is a very dangerous outlook because there's always someone on the other side saying the same thing about you...
Yes, and do the same to Iraq and Afghanistan...Not to hijack this thread but IMO Germany wasn't treated harshly enough. Germany as a country should have been eradicated after the first war and turned into an allied state with English as the main language, governed by a US system, and all the citizens become US (or allied). Then they go and do it again and (once again) thousands gave their lives to stop them.
Likewise let us be careful about overdoing such statements as this. Sometimes they are true, other times they are not. There are are indeed aggressive and bad folks out there.Playing the "they're bad, we're good" game is a very dangerous outlook because there's always someone on the other side saying the same thing about you...
Although there was conscription in Canada during WW II the vast majority were for 'home service' only and never went overseas or saw combat. It wasn't until early 1945 that Canada's overseas forces were seriously depleted and some conscripts were finally sent overseas - most of whom arrived too late to join the fighting.Our father's and grandfather's generation, who fought in WWII, most of them were conscripted into the forces. They did not join the army as a career choice.
I do not believe if we had lost WW 1 we would have lost freedomGood for you. They died so you'd have that choice. Whether you'd like to admit it or not.
Perhaps not, if the War had been able to have been settled by negotiation early on. But by 1918 the world would have been a much more unpleasant place had the Allies lost.I do not believe if we had lost WW 1 we would have lost freedom
We may not have, but France and Belgium certainly would have. It may have worked out in the end any way. Who knows. WWI was about imperialist ambitions of the Germans, who achieved nation-hood too late to have been a colonial power, jingoism, etc.I do not believe if we had lost WW 1 we would have lost freedom
That is nonsense
+1.I do not believe if we had lost WW 1 we would have lost freedom
That is nonsense
All of us?+1. .......... if we lost WWII we would be all speaking German, eating more sauerkraut, drinking good beer not piss, driving on autobahns, etc.
Yes, don't agree with me and call me ignorant.All of us?
Jews?
Gypsies?
People of colour?
The mentally and physically disabled?
The level of your ignorance is astounding !
You're right, of course. I'm from England, where, in my parents' generation, every fit man between 18 and 45 who was not in a protected occupation was ordered to report for assignment to this or that unit of the military. Same in Germany, of course.Although there was conscription in Canada during WW II the vast majority were for 'home service' only and never went overseas or saw combat. It wasn't until early 1945 that Canada's overseas forces were seriously depleted and some conscripts were finally sent overseas - most of whom arrived too late to join the fighting.
According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscription_Crisis_of_1944 "Few conscripts saw combat in Europe: only 2463 men reached units on the front lines. Out of these, 79 lost their lives.".