Originally posted by sinsofman
I think you have one fucked up idea abou what the ANZAC tradition really is, and I think it may stem from your childish inability to stand up to your father and say "dad...I don't want to help you this year because I don't really give a fuck about anything but myself!"
ANZAC Day isn't a holiday you dumb fuck it's a chance for us all to remember the fallen whether they fought for our freedom or because of some master of puppets told them to. Men don't rush off happily to war just because they were told to by the government. War does suck and any man who has ever fought in one will tell you the same. ANZAC Day doesn't glorify war or any of the atrocities of war...have you ever seen a grown man cry whilst telling a story of his time at war?...obviously not!
Sullen..you suck. You have no integrity. No honour and your father should be ashamed of you.
I'm sure you enjoy the australian way of life without a care in the world. Do you even have a job?
If you even read the original post you would see nothing in there about war or about celebrating war. It's about respect which I thought you would have enough of to keep your childish and selfish posts to yourself.
Okay, it's to remember the fallen. What about the other people who died? What about the people they killed?
It's a bit selective to only remember 'our' men who died.
Since 9/11 all I have heard is propaganda - and the 'incredible' increase of people signing up for the service. All these interviews
say the one thing - 'I'm doing this for a chance at the enemy'. Do you think this could be any different for any other conflict in the age of propaganda? I doubt it.
Australian men were told that Gallopoli had manholes and barbed wire - no news about steep descents and Turkish forces. In fact, newspapers nationwide stated how
fun war was, how you'd be doing a service for your country and for the monarchy.
No, ANZAC Day does not glorify war. It is the result of war being glorified.
I cannot find it in me to give my 'respect' to someone who has died before my time, to let me live in a world which is only as good as it looks. This world could be better or worse, no one can tell. I cannot find it in me to give my 'respect' to those who joined up for war, and I cannot find it in me to give my 'respect' to those who did not oppose conscription/forced enlistment.
I cannot be 'proud' for something someone else has done, especially 'in the name of..', I cannot wear my 'pride' for being under control of someone responsible for another death.
