Remembrance Sunday

[Blueclouds]

Nice to see all those proud soliders.

 

[Boss_Blue]

Nice to see all those proud soliders.

Better to keep them all in one place where we can keep an eye on them I suppose.

 

[Eggs]

...100 years since the end of WW1, amazing sacrifice. They don’t seek it but they deserve respect.

 

[Mozza1987]

Was very moving with the German President laying a wreath after 100 years. Lovely symbol of peace which all those brave soldiers fought for.

 

[Cels]

We live our lives build on the foundation of their sacrifice.

 

[Walken]

I can think of few more cynical uses of young men than a conscript army, poor lads

 

[Eggs]

I can think of few more cynical uses of young men than a conscript army, poor lads

..I read a book about thousands of youngsters who lied about their age to volunteer.

 

[Walken]

..I read a book about thousands of youngsters who lied about their age to volunteer.

the propaganda was relentless on the young lads

 

[PhilM]

the propaganda was relentless on the young lads

Indeed it was and undoubtedly there was immense pressure on them to enlist, however if I am honest I think it is naive to believe that many didn't willingly go.

For many young men it was a job that was to offer better food (quality and regularity), stable pay and a sense of camaraderie and duty that they actually thrived.

Those overseas in the likes of Canda (often first generational) naively see it as a free journey home to see loved ones, while being paid along the way.

The age of individual enlistment, to serve on the front, was 19 so yes people often lied but more regularly parents signed consent - often due to the above.

Should it have happened? No, however it's hugely different from the later forced conscription. Also, listen to the voices of soldiers who served on the front.

They did not celebrate the armistice and nor were they relieved: for many, it was all they had known. It was a terrible time, but a time that became part of them.

For me, it is a day to remember a generation of men (it is reported to be one in four 18-30 year olds) who went and never came home. All those physically scared.

Even more, the men who came home with the unspeakable burden that they carried in their mind and souls, alongside the families who suffered the numbing pain.

 

[Boss_Blue]

Indeed it was and undoubtedly there was immense pressure on them to enlist, however if I am honest I think it is naive to believe that many didn't willingly go.

For many young men it was a job that was to offer better food (quality and regularity), stable pay and a sense of camaraderie and duty that they actually thrived.

Those overseas in the likes of Canda (often first generational) naively see it as a free journey home to see loved ones, while being paid along the way.

The age of individual enlistment, to serve on the front, was 19 so yes people often lied but more regularly parents signed consent - often due to the above.

Should it have happened? No, however it's hugely different from the later forced conscription. Also, listen to the voices of soldiers who served on the front.

They did not celebrate the armistice and nor were they relieved: for many, it was all they had known. It was a terrible time, but a time that became part of them.

For me, it is a day to remember a generation of men (it is reported to be one in four 18-30 year olds) who went and never came home. All those physically scared.

Even more, the men who came home with the unspeakable burden that they carried in their mind and souls, alongside the families who suffered the numbing pain.

All that to say you agree with him.

 

[Walken]

Indeed it was and undoubtedly there was immense pressure on them to enlist, however if I am honest I think it is naive to believe that many didn't willingly go.

For many young men it was a job that was to offer better food (quality and regularity), stable pay and a sense of camaraderie and duty that they actually thrived.

Those overseas in the likes of Canda (often first generational) naively see it as a free journey home to see loved ones, while being paid along the way.

The age of individual enlistment, to serve on the front, was 19 so yes people often lied but more regularly parents signed consent - often due to the above.

Should it have happened? No, however it's hugely different from the later forced conscription. Also, listen to the voices of soldiers who served on the front.

They did not celebrate the armistice and nor were they relieved: for many, it was all they had known. It was a terrible time, but a time that became part of them.

For me, it is a day to remember a generation of men (it is reported to be one in four 18-30 year olds) who went and never came home. All those physically scared.

Even more, the men who came home with the unspeakable burden that they carried in their mind and souls, alongside the families who suffered the numbing pain.

They were butchered and used at the will of their 'betters', whether through desperation of a better life, conscription or rabid propaganda induced patriotism, I've only sympathy for them.

 

[PhilM]

All that to say you agree with him.

No. Propaganda was relentlessness but that alone would imply they were ultimately forced into it. They originally weren't - from the mouths of those who did.

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

 

[summerisle]

Poppy Watch.

 

[Boss_Blue]

No. Propaganda was relentlessness but that alone would imply they were ultimately forced into it. They originally weren't - from the mouths of those who did.

I equate being coerced into joining through lies and deception to not doing so of their own free will.