15-11-2007, 00:23
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Re: National Rememberance Holiday
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Originally Posted by cherokee
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I guess most folk would like any new holiday. It's a pity that No 10 Downing Street dont take the rememberance day seriously. They may well arrive all suited and booted at the cenotaph with their poppy garlands in hand....Question is, how many WW1 and WW2 veterans will die this year through hypothermia ? Quite a few I imagine.
How many convicts in our jails will suffer the same fate ?
It's a fake or hollow homage in my opinion, in many instances the folk whom they say "shall never be forgotten" are already forgotten and many are still with us.
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