I've been in Toronto for the last few days and haven't had access to this board. But I thought I would stupidly wade in here.
I don't see where there is true censorship of the press, they've been given access to the senior commanders in the field, they've been given access to the families that are willing to talk to them. They had access to the scene of the explosion, and have pictures of the devestation. Those are the stories of the cost of war, whether they show pictures of the repatriation of the bodies is irrelevant at this point. We have an understanding of the cost of war. I think the repatriation of the soldiers should be a private thing out of respect alone. I think everyone of those troops would be insulted if they heard that someone wanted to use this ceremony for a political cause or to feed a media feeding frenzy.
On the flag lowing ceremony, I think its great that the Conservatives have gone back to the older tradition of lowing the flags in the home communities and home bases of the troops who were killed in action. The only time that flags should be lowered nationally is rememberance day or after a major national disastor. So in this case the Conservatives have removed the political shadiness that the Liberals have attached to this tradition.
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