You can't hope that.Let's hope OBL and Mullah Omar are listening.
Wasn't that a local chapter? So it shouldn't really care. An isolated incident, we can't blame the Legion.I heard that they have since apologizeded for their error in judgment.
Fighting for peace does not necessarily mean war.Not fighting for peace is just about the worst.
lot's of good points made, unfortunately this isn't one of them.Ja wohl Herr Komandant!
You are darn right on this one. They could have peace at home instead of killing people on the other side of the globe.I suppose peace is not the goal of our troops in Afghanistan.
Perhaps you should both go back and read my post #39. Although Fuji expressed some very nice sentiments, the Poppy is not and is not meant to be a symbol of Peace.Re: Fuji's post #67
Very well said.
You are darn right on this one. They could have peace at home instead of killing people on the other side of the globe.
Perhaps you should both go back and read my post #39. Although Fuji expressed some very nice sentiments, the Poppy is not and is not meant to be a symbol of Peace.
You may want 5 to symbolize 7 but you are mistaken and only add to the confusion and misrepresentation of the facts. And in the case of the poppy, do a disservice to those for whom it is meant to represent.
Why did Armistice Day gradually morph into Veteran's Day in the U.S. while Remembrance Day has remained the same in Canada.Am I the only one that recalls that in Canada we celebrate Remembrance Day, specifically not Veterans Day? In Canada we remember the dead whereas in the US they celebrate the survivors. It's quite different. Here it's a day on which soldiers recall their fallen friends and remember them, there it's a day on which people cheer for the army.
I know the militaristic US concept of "Veterans Day" is gradually leaking into and corrupting the peaceful Canadian concept of Remembrance, but the day here is meant to celebrate the end of war and also to recall all the horrible suffering and destruction that went with the war, to remember those who died in the war, and who suffered the terrible burden of having to fight it. It's a day on which we recall our losses, not our victories, on which we reflect on the tragedy of war, not its glory.
So if you rent a Masonic Hall for a dance the Lodge is responsible for the fact that someone is inappropriately dressed?!Simply put, an organization that allows a pair of yahoos dressed in black-face and a KKK gown to win a costume contest in their premises has forfeited the right to lecture others on the misuse of symbols.
This isn't quite what happened. It was their lodge their people and their braincramp.So if you rent a Masonic Hall for a dance the Lodge is responsible for the fact that someone is inappropriately dressed?!
http://www.peaceoneday.org/en/welcomeSexy_Dave, I don't see a contradiction between remembering the sacrifices of our soldiers, sailors, airmen and merchant marine, and the concept of peace. Certainly that is a major part of what they were fighting for. They battled tyranny so that coming generations wouldn't have to. I remember and respect their sacrifice. I also note that Remembrance Day is held on November 11th, the date when the First World War ("The war to end all wars") came to an end, when peace was established. There is no confusion or misrepresentation here, and I'm a little offended that you say I do a disservice to our brave veterans.
September 21 is International Peace Day and the Cattail is the Flower of Peace.http://www.peaceoneday.org/en/welcome
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_of_Peace
http://www.google.ca/images?hl=en&biw=1280&bih=845&q=symbols+for+peace&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi
I am sorry you are offended. I am sure not nearly as much as I am by those unable or unwilling to accept that the wearing of the Poppy is to Remember those who have fallen in service and sacrifice to their nation.
Perhaps if you went here,
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm? source=collections/books/listing
and here,
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/virtualmem
to locate any of your relatives who may have died, and then sent away for the page from the Book of Remembrance in which they can be found (it's free) and their record of service it may bring it a little closer to home as you ponder the circumstances that brought them to where they were.
November 11th is a day set aside to commemorate all those who gave their lives in service. It is a Memorial Service. The wearing of the poppy signifies your remembrance of them and your respect for their sacrifice.
Do not co-opt that or piggyback other agendas.
Peace has its day and symbols.
First, thank you for the link to the Book of Remembrance. I found the name of my father's first cousin, who died while serving with the RCAF in 1942. I'll provide a copy to my father, and I know it will have a special significance to him.I am sorry you are offended. I am sure not nearly as much as I am by those unable or unwilling to accept that the wearing of the Poppy is to Remember those who have fallen in service and sacrifice to their nation.
Perhaps if you went here,
to locate any of your relatives who may have died, and then sent away for the page from the Book of Remembrance in which they can be found (it's free) and their record of service it may bring it a little closer to home as you ponder the circumstances that brought them to where they were.
November 11th is a day set aside to commemorate all those who gave their lives in service. It is a Memorial Service. The wearing of the poppy signifies your remembrance of them and your respect for their sacrifice.
Do not co-opt that or piggyback other agendas.
Peace has its day and symbols.
Hopefully, they are killing EVIL people as well as building bridges, roads, schools and defending women's rights in Afghanistan. As much as I support our brave men and women in uniform, I want them safe and sound back home and not in harm's way in some shitty country stuck in the 12th century.You are darn right on this one. They could have peace at home instead of killing people on the other side of the globe.
We agree on the last sentence. I am sure the OBJECTIVE is to kill only evil people, but unfortunately also good and innocent children are killed, and beside defending womens right, theya re also in fact defending warlords that are keeping young boys as play things.Hopefully, they are killing EVIL people as well as building bridges, roads, schools and defending women's rights in Afghanistan. As much as I support our brave men and women in uniform, I want them safe and sound back home and not in harm's way in some shitty country stuck in the 12th century.
Yes, life for young Afghan boys will be better after the Canadians leave.warlords that are keeping young boys as play things.
