RE: To the fallen/ Memorial day
June 1, 2010 at 10:19 pm
(This post was last modified: June 2, 2010 at 12:14 am by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
(May 31, 2010 at 10:55 am)chatpilot Wrote: That is so true Min and only those that have seen and lived life through the eyes of a soldier could fully understand the hardships and internal conflict that many of them faced.
Agreed,as an ex grunt. (conscript). I served in Malaysia. On patrol it took all of my energy to stay on my feet. I simply cannot imagine how guys managed to fight under far worse conditions there and in New Guinea.
However,patriotism remains the same horseshit its always has been: a way for cynical old men to get our gormless young men to go to a foreign country to kill their gormless young men.
Here Remebrance Day is November 11,At 11am (11th hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month) the country comes to standstill for 2 minutes silence.
Quote:Australia
In Australia Remembrance Day is always observed on 11 November, although the day is not a public holiday. Services are held at 11am at war memorials and schools in suburbs and towns across the country, at which "Last Post" is sounded by a bugler and a one-minute silence is observed. In recent decades, however, Remembrance Day has been partly eclipsed by ANZAC Day (25 April) as the national day of war commemoration.
In secular Australia the most revered day in our calendar is April 25, ANZAC Day.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anzac_day
Quote:Patriotism;the virtue of the vicious (Baron Manfred Von Richthofen)
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Kokoda: One of the best Australian war films
Quote:Kokoda (also known as Kokoda - 39th Battalion) is a 2006 Australian film directed by Alister Grierson and is based on the experiences of Australian troops fighting Japanese forces during the 1942 Kokoda Track campaign.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokoda_%28film%29
