Remembrance
Nov 11, 2011, 6:10 am
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Was second pax off the 182 today at about 10:55... was surprised by the Reveille over the tannoy at flight connections... (almost) everyone ground to a halt.
Nov 11, 2011, 6:22 am
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Remembrance day In Australia
There was a ceremony today in Canberra. But for the vast majority of Aussies Anzac day on 25th April is the national day for honouring our servicemen both past and present (It's also a day for drunken debauchery and gambling but that's another story).
I am pleased that a minutes silence was observed at LHR today.
I am pleased that a minutes silence was observed at LHR today.
Nov 11, 2011, 6:37 am
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Nov 11, 2011, 7:35 am
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Or would it come across as badly as the US airlines' rah-rah-rah about their troops (if you are unsure of what I speak then spend more time in Travelbuzz, but basically their CC can put out PA's if they have troops on board, acknowledging their presence and thanking them for their service - that kind of thing frankly just makes me cringe as someone non-American having to listen to someone saying on my behalf thank you to a group of soldiers from another country to whom I feel little/no gratitude).
Nov 11, 2011, 7:53 am
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Their country, their rules. Independent of the sacrifice Americans have made for the freedom Europeans currently enjoy, I find this pretty distasteful. If an American started shouting "I feel little/no gratitude to the fallen" during a 2 minute silence in London I would punch them in the throat.
But in a thread about remembrance, in which up until now the debate has been respectful and dignified, on today's date, I really don't think it's appropriate. I'll just remark that your attempt to make me say something I did not - and on this subject - is also pretty distasteful - even down to the threat of violence, on a day when we should be remembering those who were involved in violent endeavours on our behalf.
Nov 11, 2011, 8:15 am
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that kind of thing frankly just makes me cringe as someone non-American having to listen to someone saying on my behalf thank you to a group of soldiers from another country to whom I feel little/no gratitude
Honestly, I think it's one of the worst things about society today that patriotism is automatically characterised as jingoism.
Nov 11, 2011, 8:24 am
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Nov 11, 2011, 9:02 am
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How about just simply remembering the fallen?
And the wounded, the maimed in mind and body? And the widows and the children?
I'm not going to go into an argument, but can people please just show some respect?
If the Americans want to do it on Memorial Day, or whoever ... all that matters is that we ALL show a bit of respect for the millions who have died. I even try to remember the conscripts who fought on the other side ... they didn't have a choice. Thank God we have a choice these days.
And the wounded, the maimed in mind and body? And the widows and the children?
I'm not going to go into an argument, but can people please just show some respect?
If the Americans want to do it on Memorial Day, or whoever ... all that matters is that we ALL show a bit of respect for the millions who have died. I even try to remember the conscripts who fought on the other side ... they didn't have a choice. Thank God we have a choice these days.
Nov 11, 2011, 9:10 am
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Nov 11, 2011, 9:16 am
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Nov 11, 2011, 9:20 am
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Bit sad this some in this thread (the topic of which is to remember those who are now deceased) has in just two pages already attracted a mud-slinging debate between two posters. Am a bit shocked TBH 
Nov 11, 2011, 9:29 am
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Yes I have always regarded remembrance Sunday as the time when the nation got together to pay their respects to those who served. I always watched the proceedings on television and felt very moved by it all.
I was just wondering when this new two minutes silence crept in.
I was just wondering when this new two minutes silence crept in.