Ignorance on a day of Remembrance

[Liam]

your schools don't facilitate the 1 min silence?

 

[buddha1200]

WEll i took 2 bullets(and six months rehab) for this country and for all you guys to even have the right to voice your opinion.atleast if you dont care keep it to your self,not everyone joined to go to college. I have stood with and shed blood with alot of great guys(all didnt come home with me either)so for you not to care> Just remember this what if it was your father ,brother,sister etc that laid it on the line>i guess the last thing they would like to know is that you dont care.

 

[kevinfleming21]

this is going to get touchy. I am personally on the moment of silence part of the fence due to all my family involvement in the Army and the U.S. Marine Corps. Having said that. As long as nothing specifically negative is being said about the individual troops, I have nothing against people who are indifferent.

 

[Chrisplosion]

WEll i took 2 bullets(and six months rehab) for this country and for all you guys to even have the right to voice your opinion.atleast if you dont care keep it to your self,not everyone joined to go to college. I have stood with and shed blood with alot of great guys(all didnt come home with me either)so for you not to care> Just remember this what if it was your father ,brother,sister etc that laid it on the line>i guess the last thing they would like to know is that you dont care.

You said it your self, we have the right to voice our opinion and my opinion is indifference. Now if I did have a family member or friend I wouldn't be indifferent obviously but I don't so I am indifferent. It doesn't directly effect me so I have no feelings either way.

 

[mqktandy]

but most 'soldiers' nowadays are just out of college and probably couldn't get a sustainable job, so they joined the military.

I'm former navy SF and all the guys that went through buds and sqt and all the other crap actually wanted to be there for the job....not for any other reason.....though I'm sure your point is quite valid outside the sf community.

 

[ballinouttacntrol]

You said it your self, we have the right to voice our opinion and my opinion is indifference. Now if I did have a family member or friend I wouldn't be indifferent obviously but I don't so I am indifferent. It doesn't directly effect me so I have no feelings either way.

lmao, i'm tired of saying ditto to chris but that's my point too, i DON'T have any direct family or close friend involvement either.

Here's my thing and i hope this thread doesn't become too political so that a mod comes and shuts it down but.......as a man, how would you feel if someone acted like you owed them something? I have mutual respect for war vets but i don't need to stroke your egos. i have MORE respect for those who were drafted, the rest of you..you knew what you were signing up for, why do i owe you anything for making a different life choice? i can easily argue that some people have had just as big an impact on my life as the military. i'm not told to stand behind them or fight them though?

Before anyone gets the wrong idea, what those 2 "kids" did was wrong. They were blatantly disrespecting people

 

[mqktandy]

lmao, i'm tired of saying ditto to chris but that's my point too, i DON'T have any direct family or close friend involvement either.

Here's my thing and i hope this thread doesn't become too political so that a mod comes and shuts it down but.......as a man, how would you feel if someone acted like you owed them something? I have mutual respect for war vets but i don't need to stroke your egos. i have MORE respect for those who were drafted, the rest of you..you knew what you were signing up for, why do i owe you anything for making a different life choice? i can easily argue that some people have had just as big an impact on my life as the military. i'm not told to stand behind them or fight them though?

Nobodies asking you to do anything for them. You don't have say anything to pol. Nothing. I went through some of the hardest training in the world, Been through it all...got hurt got out. I don't expect anyone to say anything ever.....nobody does so I'm not quite sure what your complaining about.

 

[ballinouttacntrol]

IF YOU CANT STAND BEHIND THE TROOPS>>>>>THEN STAND IN FRONT OF THEM......PLEACE DO,

This is what i'm complaining about for starters.

 

[dlobom]

Just thought I'd share something that happened on the job site today that really brought my blood to a boil.

I work construction. We work long and hard hours. Today was Remembrance Day (Poppy Day, Veterans Day, Armistice Day and such). As we were working 11:11am rolled around. The loader operator shut down his machine, sounded his horn and cranked up his radio followed by steping out and removing his hat. The sound of bagpipes filled the air as we bowed our heads and took a minuet to remember those who gave there lives to allow us the freedom we have today.

All but two...

Off in the corner of the site were two younger men texting on there cell phones, laughing and carrying on. I could see others glancing up at them disgusted at there lack of respect. Just before the minuet of silence started I yelled "SHUT THE *BEEP* UP!" my voice ringing loud and clear across the entire construction site. They did, but wouldn't remove the smirks from there faces.

After the silence was over I walked over to them "both still smirking" and asked them is it to much to take one minuet a year to remember. One responded saying "What did they ever do for us?" I lost it and told them to get the *Beep* off the site.

I walked over to the loader operator to give him instructions and noticed he had tears in his eyes. I figured I'd best leave him alone for a few minuets. Later on he shook my hand saying "Thank you for doing what you did".

I don't know if the two will be coming back, I honestly don't care whether they do or not. The events of today really got me thinking. How many of us even care anymore?

Please answer the poll honestly.



EDIT: Im aware "minute" is spelled wrong" oops.

Dont really know what this day is all about, but those guys should have shown more respect, well done.

 

[Chrisplosion]

IF YOU CANT STAND BEHIND THE TROOPS>>>>>THEN STAND IN FRONT OF THEM......PLEACE DO,

So starving African kids should be shot because they don't stand in front of American troops? You might as well say "IF YOUR NOT PRO-AMERICAN THAN YOUR A TERRORIST"