26-05-2003 09:33									#1
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It's past midnight and is now Memorial Day on the East Coast. Let us remember all those soldiers who died for our country.

	26-05-2003 09:35									#3
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http://www.defendamerica.mil/fallen.html

	26-05-2003 09:38									#4
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In Loving Memory

	26-05-2003 16:12									#5
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Let's also remember that Memorial Day began as Decoration Day -- a day when Northerners decorated the graves of Confederate soldiers buried in the North, and Southerners did the same for Union soldiers buried in the South. The original meaning of Memorial day was thus not the nationalistic mourning of one's own dead, but an acknowledgement of the universal suffering of all soldiers in war, and of their universal dignity.

Coming in November: "It's Armistice Day, not Veterans Day, dammit!"

	26-05-2003 16:46									#6
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Just for paiktis: Ataturk's words commemorating the fallen ANZAC soldiers at Gallipoli; they happen to perfectly embody the spirit of Decoration Day.

quote: Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives... You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us. Where they lie side by side now here in this country of ours... You mothers', who sent their sons from faraway countries wipe away the tears. Your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace after having lost their lives on this land. They have become our sons as well.

	26-05-2003 18:49									#7
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The price of freedom is never free. Here's to those who paid the ultimate price.

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	26-05-2003 19:27									#8
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To paiktis or anybody else that want's to start a flame war in this thread. Don't even think about it...

I've deleted a few posts already, and I do not want to have to delete anymore. Instead, I'll delete posters!

	26-05-2003 19:40									#9
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the sky is crying

	26-05-2003 19:46									#10
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Does the tradition of remembering former enemy soldiers continue, or has the memorial day turned into a day where only American soldiers are remembered ?

(I ask this because Shi's post and Rufus' seem to be talk about something completely different)

	26-05-2003 19:48									#11
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May God bless them. They have my thanks for this life lived in Freedom.

	26-05-2003 19:49									#12
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"Does the tradition of remembering former enemy soldiers continue, or has the memorial day turned into a day where only American soldiers are remembered ?"

I think the Civil War was a special case, because will since it was a civil war both sides were Americans. Decoration Day seems alot more feasible back then as many familes had ties that reached across the Mason-Dixon line. Now Memorial Day honors US soldiers who have died.

	26-05-2003 20:16									#13
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Kropotkin, and to anybody else that want's to turn this into a flame war... take your trolling somewhere else.

There are many other threads where you can go bash America, and Americans... Don't post your trolls here.

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	26-05-2003 20:20									#14
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Trolling? So I'm not entitled to a opinion? It was not america-bashing per se, just a modest opinion about the concept of for example "memorial day" and any other day like it.

	26-05-2003 20:22									#15
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Yes you are entitled to an opinion... and whether it was your intent to start a flame war or not... I DON' T CARE...
Because I'm NOT GOING TO LET YOU DO SO.

So if you have nothing nice to stay... go away.

	26-05-2003 20:45									#16
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Kropotkin...

Find another thread to do your trolling... But if you continue your trolling here, it will just get deleted, and you will be toast.

Again... I don't give a damn about your intent... but all your are really doing is pissing people off and you will start a flame war. And I'm NOT going to let that happen.

	27-05-2003 04:32									#17
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While not an American, I will join in and send thankful thoughts to brave American soldiers fighting for freedom. And not only for their own country but for other peoples' as well.

In my mind it's doubtful there'd be such a thing as Western values today if it weren't for America.

	27-05-2003 04:40									#18
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I still hope for a day when no one is forced to die in silly wars, American or otherwise

	27-05-2003 04:57									#19
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I hope for the day when people who fight for the freedom of others are given due respect by those who sit at home and enjoy the freedom that was paid for them in blood. I had a couple of uncles who died to free Europe. May they rest in peace knowing that they did not die in vain. Evil men will never just go away. There will always be a need for brave men to oppose them. May they rest in peace.

	27-05-2003 05:27									#20
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Some things are worth fighting, and dying for. Regardless of the cause they fought for or whether the war was just, we should all be able to pay our respects to those in uniform who gave their lives. It's simply not about right or wrong, it's about respect.