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balducci Loyal user Canada 227 Posts |
For those of you marking the day, remember we live in a country that can do so without fear of retaliation. We can thank our Vets for that.
Some, IMO, interesting poppy-related reads: http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/1......ame.html http://www.thestar.com/life/2014/11/10/p......_uk.html
Make America Great Again! - Trump in 2020 ... "We're a capitalistic society. I go into business, I don't make it, I go bankrupt. They're not going to bail me out. I've been on welfare and food stamps. Did anyone help me? No." - Craig T. Nelson, actor.
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Tom Cutts Staff Northern CA 5930 Posts |
An early cheers to all Veterans for their sacrifice made no matter how big or small.
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts |
Remembering ALL vets on Remembrance Day, Armistice Day and Veterans day.
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Markymark Inner circle 1691 Posts |
No mention of the white Peace poppy there Balducci.
I want to remember everyone,soldiers and civilians [20 million civilians had to die in the 'Great' war] For....well I'm not sure what for..
''In memory of a once fluid man,crammed and distorted by the classical mess'' -Bruce Lee
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Ray Tupper. Special user NG16. 749 Posts |
I was reminded of this today.
Wilfred Owen. War poet. A stunning read, if you like this sort of thing. http://www.warpoetry.co.uk/owen1.html#Du......um%20Est
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balducci Loyal user Canada 227 Posts |
"888,246 Poppies Pour Like Blood From The Tower of London To Remember The Fallen Soldiers of WWI"
Article and more pictures at the link: http://www.earthporm.com/888246-poppies-......ers-wwi/
Make America Great Again! - Trump in 2020 ... "We're a capitalistic society. I go into business, I don't make it, I go bankrupt. They're not going to bail me out. I've been on welfare and food stamps. Did anyone help me? No." - Craig T. Nelson, actor.
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Ray Tupper. Special user NG16. 749 Posts |
I saw it in person,well before it was finished, and It was a very touching site.
Unfortunately, as great as the pictures are, they don't really do it justice.
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Ray Tupper. Special user NG16. 749 Posts |
And just one more war poet.(Sorry for my self indulgence)..
Siegfried Sassoon....Atrocities: You bragged how once in savage mood Your men butchered some Saxon prisoners; that was good. I trust you felt no pity as they stood Patient and cowed and scared as prisoners should. How did you kill them? speak now, don’t be shy, You know I love to hear how Germans die Downstairs in dug-outs, ‘Camerad!” they cry; And squeal like stoats when bombs begin to fly. I’m proud of you; perhaps you’ll feel as brave Alone in no-man’s land when no one can shield you from the horror of the night. There’s blood upon your hands Now go out and fight. I hope those Huns will haunt you with their screams And make you gulp their blood in ghoulish dreams. You’re great at murder; tell me, can you fight?
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts |
Ray, I'm a big fan of both Owen and Sassoon. Thanks.
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
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On Nov 11, 2014, Markymark wrote: For the civilians who died, here is an extract from a poem by Pablo Neruda, ‘I’m Explaining a Few Things’: Treacherous generals: see my dead house, look at broken Spain: from every house burning metal flows instead of flowers from every socket of Spain Spain emerges and from every dead child a rifle with eyes and from every crime bullets are born which will one day find the bull’s eye of your hearts. And you will ask: why doesn’t his poetry speak of dreams and leaves and the great volcanoes of his native land. Come and see the blood in the streets. Come and see the blood in the streets. Come and see the blood in the streets!
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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16543 Posts |
When will they ever learn?
If there is a single truth about Magic, it is that nothing on earth so efficiently evades it.
Tommy |
landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
The Warrior Cult demands we never question it. Only that we sacrifice more of our young to it, so that we can continue our ritual of weeping.
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