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Originally Posted by OffsideSpecialist
I'm still under 22. And I care. I don't think you should generalize based upon age, there are a lot of younger people that take Remembrance Day very seriously.
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Thank you. It is nice to see there is still some younger people that actually understand the monumental sacrifices this day symbolizes.
To this day, it boggles my mind the time and respect we give to a magic flying fat man, and an anthropomorphic rabbit that delivers chocolate, fictional fantasy characters. Yet we have these amazing veterans, that saw horrors we could never imagine in our lifetimes, and their sacrifice is boiled down to a furniture sale, or a binge drinking event to a huge segment of the population.
It is sad. Even the company I work for is guilty, and I now have burn off a vacation day every year, so I can attend a ceremony and pay my respect, since they have oped to trade remembrance day on our holiday schedule, for the oh so important Boxing Day. It's pathetic.