Tommy Doesn't Know What Day It Is

**Sasaki Kojiro** · 11-11-2009, 19:54

In.

**Evil_Maniac From Mars** · 11-11-2009, 19:59

Unless there is a day dedicated to it many won't think about it at all. It is good to honour those who fell, and setting aside a day for it is a good thing to do. The second we start questioning it is the second we have forgotten.

Lest we forget.

**Sasaki Kojiro** · 11-11-2009, 20:13

Well, this is more of a backroom topic and it was being discussed in the "cheer up" thread.

I can't really see any strong arguments for or against it.

**Subotan** · 11-12-2009, 01:00

Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro

In.

On a serious note, as I mentioned in the other thread, I think that it's severely constrained by nationalism at this moment in time, and I think that we should drop the whole idea of remembering "Our Boys", and that we should commemorate the suffering of humanity in war as a whole, since that, and humour are the only things which truly unite us, IMHO.

**Evil_Maniac From Mars** · 11-12-2009, 01:08

Originally Posted by Subotan

On a serious note, as I mentioned in the other thread, I think that it's severely constrained by nationalism at this moment in time, and I think that we should drop the whole idea of remembering "Our Boys", and that we should commemorate the suffering of humanity in war as a whole, since that, and humour are the only things which truly unite us, IMHO.

Not every remembrance of those of your nation is nationalist (at least not in a bad way), and like it or not, "our boys" did die for our country and not others. I do honour the dead of more than one country for different reasons and therefore I observe more than one national ceremony, but there is no reason to get rid of the national ceremonies dealing with the soldiers of that nation. Nonetheless, this is a Backroom topic so I'll stop for now.