It is that time of year again. We remember the dead in all the wars.
Who had a two minutes' silence.

I did. We also had to listen to a bulge horn. My sister had one minute of silence at her high school. Odd. And she helped plan it. <_<

We have alot of silences. One was just yesterday.

"An American or any first world citizen's life is estimated to be worth Five times of a Third world citizen's life."

And Bush wonders why people riot when he visits.

Technically, I had a two minutes' silence as I was actually asleep at the time...

It was a compulsory service Sent :P

I had two two minute silences

Post wrote: "An American or any first world citizen's life is estimated to be worth Five times of a Third world citizen's life."

In the mayor's speech, she said the words "our great country of canada" more times than she said "war" "rememberance day" or "veteran" . I was counting.

;)

The nation sends the men to fight and die. Once the fighting is over, the nation allievates it's guilt via Statues, monuments or Rembrance days. But the greatest victims are forgotten. Who remembers the collateral damage?

"The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic" - Stalin.

Nathaniel wrote: It was a compulsory service Sent :P

I had two two minute silences

Missing it was a complete accident.

Haha. You bunked it? I would never have said you'd do something like that. :o

Actually, sleeping is very good. We can sleep in peace because such men fought to protect such liberties.

Gladstone wrote: Haha. You bunked it? I would never have said you'd do something like that. :o

Complete accident.


EDIT: For the record, I'm not belittling what these men did or anything. I just disagree that a (horrifically boring) compulsory chapel service is how we should remember them, or indeed, how they'd want to be remembered.

Ha! I don't have to go to church! Nor was the ceremony in a chapel :D
...wait, you honor those fallen men that way? I agree with Sentynel; not how they'd want to be remembered. A twenty one gun salute is better. Or something more exciting.

Amen.