In the US, it's Veteran's Day, which is much more relevant now all the WWI vets are dead.
Tom Send a noteboard - 11/11/2009 08:14:57 PM
I think they said there's one guy left alive in Germany.
The point is that there's no reason to pick one war to remember over the others. The sacrifices made by all of a nation's soldiers in all wars should be honoured.
The point is that there's no reason to pick one war to remember over the others. The sacrifices made by all of a nation's soldiers in all wars should be honoured.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
They will not grow old as we who are left grow old.
- 11/11/2009 11:04:15 AM
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In the US, it's Veteran's Day, which is much more relevant now all the WWI vets are dead.
- 11/11/2009 08:14:57 PM
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Re: In the US, it's Veteran's Day, which is much more relevant now all the WWI vets are dead.
- 11/11/2009 10:14:41 PM
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Frank Woodruff Buckles, 108 years old, is the last surviving US veteran of WWI
- 12/11/2009 02:24:29 AM
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Yes.
- 12/11/2009 12:58:15 AM
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How does Germany remember its fallen soldiers?
- 12/11/2009 04:20:21 AM
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