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Old 05-11-09, 11:02 PM   #1
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Default Remembering the fallen

How will you be remembering, if at all, the fallen from the two world wars and all the conflicts since.

Do you wear a poppy?, do you go to church on Rememberance Sunday? do you go to the local Rememerance Day parade, or do you just Keithd?
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Old 05-11-09, 11:09 PM   #2
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Poppy, don't really do any churchy stuff being an athiest...
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Old 05-11-09, 11:14 PM   #3
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hoping to make a tribute film so will be right in amongst the lads and lasses on parade...

I remember all those that have fallen in all wars...
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Old 05-11-09, 11:20 PM   #4
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I will probably go to the parade. Not marching in it this year.
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Old 05-11-09, 11:24 PM   #5
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I wear a poppy. I do the Cenotaph on the Sunday. And I try an watch BBC's Rememberance prog from the Albert Hall on the Sunday evening. I also set the alarm on my phone to go off at 10:59am on the 11th.

I think of the fallen, the injured and the families left behind.

What other people do is their choice, and what ever it is I don't think any more or less of them for it.
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Old 05-11-09, 11:30 PM   #6
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Until last year I always wore a poppy but hadn't been to a parade. I went to the one on the Embankment in Nottingham last year mainly because Ibby was parading with her squadron. It was freezing cold and everyone had to stand around for ages at the memorial. I'll admit that I cried when they played the last post, it was a very emotional experience. I remember a few Cadets being escourted away by St John's Ambulance, perhaps suffering from the cold or perhaps overcome by the emotion. I'll be going again this year to show my humble support and respect for our brave lads and lasses, both those alive and those sadly gone.
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Old 05-11-09, 11:33 PM   #7
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What other people do is their choice, and what ever it is I don't think any more or less of them for it.
I totally agree with that statement, but find it a little disappointing that our society in general doesn't do more.
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Old 05-11-09, 11:48 PM   #8
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I have/wear a poppy.

Worthy cause and more importantly, show that we can't forget those who have fallen, and that events such as the WW's should never happen again.

Lack of respect in my generation.
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Old 05-11-09, 11:54 PM   #9
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Lack of respect in my generation.
It's not just your generation, I know plenty of people my age who couldn't give a t*ss. Considering that most of our families will have lost someone in either of the two world wars, I find the lack of interest suprising
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Old 06-11-09, 12:02 AM   #10
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i'll be hitting the bar (i think ive earned the right) and setting a few extra untouched ones up on the bar saying a wee prayer about pint number 9
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