It's only a few minutes of your day this year, so please remember the men and women that have died and been injured for our country.
You may argue and disagree at times, not least about the causes of war, but this is not the time or the place.
We shall be at the Exeter ceremony with our children tomorrow; We hope you will be replicating us elsewhere.
Off to the local war memorial in an hours time.
It is not to remember the wars or the reasons for the wars or the rights or wrongs of the wars, it is to remember those that gave their lives as volunteers or without choice (conscription) and it is those to whom we ask you to pay your respects and to remember them.
They shall grow not old,
As we that are left grow old,
Age shall not weary them,
Nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun,
And in the morning
We will remember them
has anyone seen the white poppy? We have one most years. The idea is generally that 'there are better ways of ending disputes than blowing one another to pieces'.
Please folks, look it up.
Other than that, why do people join the armed forces and then cry and claim compensation when thy are shot at?
Are you talking about the 'armed forces compensation scheme' which is a condition of service offered by the employer, or are you talking about the private health and life insurance that service people have to pay for just like everyone else?
I would love to hear your solution for Hitlers plans to invade Great Britain in WWII when over 500 aircrew gave their lives to stop the invasion.
