Re: They Fought And Died Willingly

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HoofPrints <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Waterspider wrote:
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> > jen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > | "Waterspider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > | > Tuesday I took pictures of our Remembrance Day service at the local
> > Legion.
> > | > Mildewy, ill-fitting uniforms on doddering old men who still hate,
> > police
> > | > looking like cartoon Canucks in red serge and jodhpurs, children in
> > Scouts,
> > | > Guides, Beavers, Cubs, etc. etc. uniforms laying wreaths at the
> > cenotaph,
> > | > not having a fucking clue what war or death is, while the crowd gets
> > | > increasingly restless, waiting for the doors to open cuz everyone gets
> > their
> > | > first hot rum free on Remembrance Day at the Legion, and the band fires
> > up
> > | > at 1 p.m. so the solemn observers can get shitfaced while their kids
> > hang
> > | > out at the otherwise empty schoolyard. "Lest we forget" has become a sad
> > | > joke.
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> > | > Waterspider
> > |
> > | OH.  Ouch.
> > | Freedom is never free, and every free person owes a debt to one of
> > | those doddering old men who ever wore a mildewy ill-fitting uniform.
> > | The ones who belittle those men should be the proudest of all to honor
> > | them, as they live in a society that allows them the freedom to speak
> > | in such a way.
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> > It seems that freedom is an illusion (if freedom were in fact free, there
> > would be no debt owed).
> > Yeah, after re-reading my original post it seems pretty fucking negative.
> > Sorry, but war, kids dying for politicians playing a human Monopoly game,
> > truly depresses me.
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> > Hope you're doing well, and today is a better day,
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> > Waterspider
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> If it hurts don't do it!!
> Now next time your town has a parade to  honor and respect those who have
> served, stay home.
> Your depression is now cured.
> that will be 100 bucks.
> Hoof

Plus Tax. She's got to pay the taxes to keep the feral cave dwellers in the 
manner to which they've grown accustomed.

Lord Cerne Abbas