Thursday, November 15, 2007

Lest We Forget

I know this is posted past Remembrance Day but I guess that is the point. Yes, we have a day (Veteran's Day to my US cousins) where we take the time to honour those living and dead for the sacrifices they suffered and the horrors they faced so that you and I can have the freedoms to write silly posts speaking our minds and the freedom to read them. We can drink clean water and eat fresh food and be kept healthy by good doctors and nurses. We can be protected from the evils of local society by our police force as well as by our church. We can gather freely for functions of fun or rallys of renouncing the ideas of others.

We can do all of these things because somebody fought for us, without knowing us, to ensure we could. We should take some time, not just two minutes of a single day of the year, to thank those that thought our way of life was worth risking theirs.

To all those who were part of all those wars, wars to make a difference and to preserve our way of life, we say thank you.

Peace.

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