Armistice Day

[RicROC]

On November 11 Monday, I observe 'Armistice Day'- the original intent of that day is to celebrate peace.

So, I celebrate the striving for peace.

[CanonRay]

1. I do as well.

[lastlib]

2. I will be with you on that.

Personally, I think the soldier-worship in our culture is overdone.

I don't mean to denigrate veterans, or the service they've given--I just think the rest of us go overboard in glorifying the participation in fighting, and the destruction and killing that goes with it. Let's observe tomorrow for what it originally was--a cessation of killing solely because the other guys wore a different shirt than our guys wore.

(I'd better add another one of these )

[mopinko]

3. medals are just cogs in the war machine. parades, too.

[roamer65]

4. I call it Armistice or Remembrance Day.

France and Britain name it more appropriately.

[thecrow]

5. I celebrate my son's birthday!

[roamer65]

6. The United States renaming and rebranding of the holiday is a perversion of it original intent.

Armistice Day was intended to celebrate peace, not a wargasm type hero worship holiday.