ozboy wrote:batfink wrote:blacka wrote:ozboy wrote:blacka wrote:Lest we forget to pump up the assumed preeminance of the military-industrial complex with annual mythologised ceremonial top ups... Do you believe there should be any recognition of people who gave their lives up and those who were seriously injured, for effectively altruistic purposes? A parade on their return? Perhaps... [size=9] Annual ceremonies,[/size] uniformed parades, unending years of commemoration ...how long for? Would 'Peace Day' serve a better purpose? The whole thing feels more like a recruiting parade for the idea of war and re-filling the ranks after a certain point? And thats not even getting into the underlying precursors to those wars. The intent of people signing up may have been altruistic...but therein lies the rub with altruism sometimes....it is easily exploited by statists of all persuasions. uhmmmmm:roll: :roll: today is an annual ceremonie :lol: :lol: :lol: Ouch! Huh? I dont get his point sorry...maybe its my poorly worded phrasing as usual ... :? I realise it was an annual parade...thats my point...'for how long does it have to continue on for' was the question that followed. And as far as me being 'disrespectful'...i dont see how questioning some unending theme of militarism is disrespectful...plenty of ex service people question what the day has turned into also. Some folks who have been in real combat do see the public fascination with it all to be a little on the queasy side. War is something best kept on the side...otherwise we do end up with a populace all too conditioned to a militarised mindset... ozboy wrote:For some reason I thought Ron Paul was a Republican Outcast Republican :lol: Now free to speak out a little more...he was always only ever nice enough to them to be able to stay on the economics congressional committees to get the occasional chance to smack Federal reserve chairman around! Edited by blacka: 26/4/2013 04:02:51 PM
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