Comments on: Anzac day http://showyourworkings.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/anzac-day/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:06:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: littlegemsession http://showyourworkings.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/anzac-day/#comment-267 littlegemsession Sun, 04 May 2008 22:02:19 +0000 http://showyourworkings.wordpress.com/?p=92#comment-267 Thanks for your thoughtful comments Drewzel. It's great to know that readers don't feel they have to agree with everything iykwim :). Hey Helen! Thanks! I missed blogland too! Thanks for your thoughtful comments Drewzel. It’s great to know that readers don’t feel they have to agree with everything iykwim :).

Hey Helen! Thanks! I missed blogland too!

]]> By: Helen http://showyourworkings.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/anzac-day/#comment-266 Helen Thu, 01 May 2008 21:14:48 +0000 http://showyourworkings.wordpress.com/?p=92#comment-266 Come back to blogland! I miss you! x H Come back to blogland! I miss you!

x H

]]> By: drewzel http://showyourworkings.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/anzac-day/#comment-265 drewzel Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:30:01 +0000 http://showyourworkings.wordpress.com/?p=92#comment-265 I read the post you linked to, and the views are very interesting, I agree with some of them, but for me, Anzac Day still remains important. I always shed a tear on Anzac day. Why? Because it reminds me of the horrors of War, the needlessness of fighting, the fact that both men and women were willing to "do their part" and help protect our way of life. I've had rellies die in the war, I know people whose family have died in the Nazi death camps. It's all so horribly wrong. That's what Anzac Day should remind us. That's why it's so sombre, because it was tragic, and still is tragic that we are STILL fighting wars around the world. I'm not for glorifying war, but if it (Anzac Day) gives meaning to people by marching and feel that their loved ones didn't die for nothing, then that's a valuable thing too. For me, Anzac Day isn't just about men and soldiers, but for everyone effected by war. And as the old Diggers die out, maybe there will be less glory and more sorrow. I don't know. I celebrated Anzac Day by having a well earned sleep-in, and made some time for thinking about the significance of the day. I understand why some people don't want to be part of it. And I understand why it means a lot to others. I read the post you linked to, and the views are very interesting, I agree with some of them, but for me, Anzac Day still remains important.
I always shed a tear on Anzac day. Why? Because it reminds me of the horrors of War, the needlessness of fighting, the fact that both men and women were willing to “do their part” and help protect our way of life. I’ve had rellies die in the war, I know people whose family have died in the Nazi death camps. It’s all so horribly wrong. That’s what Anzac Day should remind us. That’s why it’s so sombre, because it was tragic, and still is tragic that we are STILL fighting wars around the world. I’m not for glorifying war, but if it (Anzac Day) gives meaning to people by marching and feel that their loved ones didn’t die for nothing, then that’s a valuable thing too.
For me, Anzac Day isn’t just about men and soldiers, but for everyone effected by war. And as the old Diggers die out, maybe there will be less glory and more sorrow. I don’t know.
I celebrated Anzac Day by having a well earned sleep-in, and made some time for thinking about the significance of the day. I understand why some people don’t want to be part of it. And I understand why it means a lot to others.

]]> By: artandmylife http://showyourworkings.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/anzac-day/#comment-263 artandmylife Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:13:24 +0000 http://showyourworkings.wordpress.com/?p=92#comment-263 My nightmare - giving birth in a war. My nightmare - giving birth in a war.

]]> By: littlegemsession http://showyourworkings.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/anzac-day/#comment-262 littlegemsession Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:04:18 +0000 http://showyourworkings.wordpress.com/?p=92#comment-262 I couldn't agree more, or women who died in childbirth? Not that I want to detract from the normalcy of childbirth iykwim. I couldn’t agree more, or women who died in childbirth? Not that I want to detract from the normalcy of childbirth iykwim.

]]> By: artandmylife http://showyourworkings.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/anzac-day/#comment-260 artandmylife Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:48:13 +0000 http://showyourworkings.wordpress.com/?p=92#comment-260 It worries me that some people use this as an opportunity to glorify war. How come there aren't any memorials or parades for the civlians caught up and killed in all the wars? See LJ for my full thoughts It worries me that some people use this as an opportunity to glorify war. How come there aren’t any memorials or parades for the civlians caught up and killed in all the wars? See LJ for my full thoughts

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