I wear a poppy because I respect the dead, and especially those who died for our freedoms in the World Wars, when they were barely the same age as I am now. Those people died so that we can enjoy our lifes as we are doing now. I have grandparents and great grandparents who fought in the 2 World Wars, as does nearly everyone else of my generation.
They do not deserve to be forgotten or belittled.
People like you make me sigh.
Pirate Kitty said:
We remember not just the soldiers or what they did - we remember what needed to be done to (in an idealist's mind) protect freedom and home.
If we forget this, we become ungrateful, spoiled, and loose sense of just how bloody amazingly lucky and privileged we are.
I know the quote notifications are probably pissing you off buy now, but yeah, you hit the nail on the head.
Boletes Net said:
junkmanuk said:
'you're a selfish jackass with an entitlement complex who doesn't understand the pain felt by many people whose children AT YOUR AGE were thrust into a war with a huge chance of death in order to defend the rights and freedoms that you enjoy today.'
theres no saying the world wouldnt be a wonderful place had hitler won the war...im pretty sure it wouldnt but you cant predict theses things, I don't owe my life to a bunch of strangers who died so i could live in a comfortable seat in a nanny state
I can say with 100% certainty the world would not have been a better place if we had lost the war. Unless of course, you symathise with killing vast amounts of Jews and Slavs.
Also: would you rather live in a nanny state, or some shit hole like Zimbabwe or N. Korea? I'm sorry dude, but you're being very ungreatful, there are people in the world in a worse off situation than you are. My point being that even if you dont like this country, you cant deny that it's better than a lot of other places.