God Bless Our Veterans!
 

In Flanders Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields


On the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month - the great war, the war to end all wars ended. We will all take a moment of silence to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. God bless our veterans, past, present, and future.


Lest we forget.http://www.toronto.ca/lestweforget/images/poppy_300.jpg

"God", you say?

YOUR IMPLICIT HEATHENISM HAS CAUSED MY MONOCLE TO DEPART FROM MY FACE!

I too, am curious about this, good chap. Do tell me more about this imaginary friend of yours.

OH NO, THE ATHEISTS ARE ALL ABOUT

I AM SURELY MOST APPALLED AND ASTONISHED

THIS SORT OF OBNOXIOUS DISPLAY OF PRETENTIOUS SKEPTICISM HATH NEVER OCCUR'D BEFORE

GASP, GASP I SAY!

http://h.photos.cx/MonocleMan-5bd.jpg

Look, God or you guys, SOMEONE IS PAYING FOR THIS SANDWICH

I'll buy everybody in this thread a sandwich if it would make Paco drop his "LOOK AT MY GODDAMN* ATHEISM" bullshit once and for all.


*but there is no God! FUCK, I'M SO CLEVER.

but will GOD buy everyone in the thread a sandwi-- SHIT

COULD GOD MAKE A SANDWICH SO DELICIOUS EVEN HE COULD NOT RESIST IT

We don't eat the sandwich to win... there is no "win." I eat the sandwich, to break. the heart. of God.

In the forum
I saw a creature, naked, bestial,
Who, squatting upon the thread,
Held his sandwich in his hands,
And ate of it.
I said, "Is it good, friend?"
"It is bitter – bitter", he answered,
"But I like it
Because it is bitter,
And because it is my sandwich."

Could someone leave god out of war for once.

And let him make me a sandwich in peace.

No.

This extra text is meant to pad the post.

I doubt all the Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs who fought under the flag of occupied territories would want to be blessed by some Christian god. I believe the verse should be re-written to include references to Ganesha and Vishnu at the very least.

Also, I thought the American for "Lest we forget" was NEVAR FORGET and some pictures of eagles crying. Is Locke turning all European on us?

I thought Locke was Canadian.

What the fuck - you should all be ashamed of yourselves. Have a little fucking respect. First of all, I'm not particularly religious - and who knows which "God" is the true god, or even if there is a god - it's more of an idea.

This was supposed to be a thread for rememberence, to honour those who have served for our freedoms - making sacrifices and showing courage that none of you could ever muster. Instead you sick fucks turn this into a big joke.

You know what - I may have not been the most active member around here, or the most popular, or even been here the longest - but I thought that we, as a community, were better then this drivel.

You say tomato, I say tomato, he's from somewhere in the colonies.

Yeah, I'd like to say a big cheers to my mate Phil. He's not in the army any more but did some stirling sniper work during the invasion of Basra by all accounts and is looking forward to when it's been long enough that he can start flogging all the loot on eBay. Nice one Phil.

Maybe you haven't "been here the longest" but you sure as hell have been here long enough to know that we've got no fucking respect for anything.

The threadshitting you're receiving isn't out of some hatred for soldiers, or even a hostility toward Veteran's Day specifically; it's because it's a shitty thread. You don't have to make a thread just to tell us "durp, today is an important day". Do you see a thread for Guy Fawkes Day? A thread for Dia De Los Muertos? No, you don't, because everyone already knows how to read a fucking calendar.

The poem that Locke posted is printed on Canadian ten dollar bills. It's not exactly like this is a reaching artistic statement. This poem is to Canada as NEVAR FORGET is to the States. Little kids memorize this. It's as patriotic as we get.

That is nice and all but why did you feel the need to bring a sky genie into this

It's by Sassoon isn't it? Not the shampoo dude obviously. We had to do war poems as part of my English GCSE.

I'm pretty certain it wasn't by a Canadian anyway. Did you guys even turn up for WWI?

No, but I see happy new years threads, and I see birthday theads up the fucking wazoo - I didn't realize that it was oh so wrong to honour our servicemen and women. I mean, it's not like they've ever done anything that helps you out eh?

What is so wrong about remembering the sacrifices that they have made so that we have the freedoms we have today? I'm sure each and every person here has some military connection, be it a father, a grandfather, an uncle, etc... Like I said before, have a little respect.

Guys guys guys respect. RESPECT.