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icarus · 11-09-2009, 06:26 AM

I am going to vent here, because I think this is the appropriate thread.

At least twice in the past couple of years, I have been asked (once in Australia, once in England) whether Canada has a military. It is asked innocently but it makes me really irate.

My grandfather was one of the few Bomber Command pilots to survive WWII, his uncle was killed in August 1918 after surviving Vimy, Passchendaele, the Somme amongst other battles. Sapper Stephen Marshall, whom the Flames honoured with their pregame ceremony on Saturday, was a friend of a friend.

Wear a poppy to remind not only Canadians but the rest of the world of our country's human contributions in times of war.

Magnum PEI, Rememberance Day is not about the objectives or methods of war, it is about the people. Some of those people chose to fight but some didn't have the choice. To choose not to remember all who served is disgraceful, in my opinion.

As for Ireland during WWII, it remained neutral because its government was only willing to go to war once its own national security was threatened (as with the US), but it assisted the English war effort in countless material ways of its own volition (as the US did prior to Pearl Harbor).

11-09-2009, 06:26 AM	#49
icarus Franchise Player Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Singapore Exp:	I am going to vent here, because I think this is the appropriate thread. At least twice in the past couple of years, I have been asked (once in Australia, once in England) whether Canada has a military. It is asked innocently but it makes me really irate. My grandfather was one of the few Bomber Command pilots to survive WWII, his uncle was killed in August 1918 after surviving Vimy, Passchendaele, the Somme amongst other battles. Sapper Stephen Marshall, whom the Flames honoured with their pregame ceremony on Saturday, was a friend of a friend. Wear a poppy to remind not only Canadians but the rest of the world of our country's human contributions in times of war. Magnum PEI, Rememberance Day is not about the objectives or methods of war, it is about the people. Some of those people chose to fight but some didn't have the choice. To choose not to remember all who served is disgraceful, in my opinion. As for Ireland during WWII, it remained neutral because its government was only willing to go to war once its own national security was threatened (as with the US), but it assisted the English war effort in countless material ways of its own volition (as the US did prior to Pearl Harbor). __________________ Shot down in Flames!