11/11/2008 - Remembrance Day 90 years after WWI

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LEST WE FORGET.

The quote at the end is from the most famous poem from World War One - "Dulce et Decorum Est"
http://www.warpoetry.co.uk/owen1.html

The source for a lot of my statistics:
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/honouring-forgotten-victories-20081109-5kv2....

The music is "Ave Verum" from a live performance by the choir "Tongue and Groove" and is used with permission.
http://www.tongueandgroove.org.au/

DULCE ET DECORUM EST
by Wilfred Owen

Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs
And towards our distant rest began to trudge.
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots
Of tired, outstripped Five-Nines that dropped behind.

Gas! Gas! Quick, boys! An ecstasy of fumbling,
Fitting the clumsy helmets8 just in time;
But someone still was yelling out and stumbling,
And flound'ring like a man in fire or lime . . .
Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light,
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.
In all my dreams, before my helpless sight,
He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.

If in some smothering dreams you too could pace
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin;
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est
Pro patria mori.

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[bbphnix]

learned? what? to have less wars? kinda.... to not have wars? hell no.....

war=TFU; ... and to some extent..... quite simply: world=TFU

[AngryAussie]

@bbphnix it does seem that way

[taekwondoButler]

thanks for that information. Im sure they would be happy you did this.

[AngryAussie]

@taekwondoButler A little remembrance is a good thing

[laurana99]

Well spoken and very true. Walk around Mouquet Farm and try and not be touched and saddened by the loss of all the young Aussies who served there and died there.

[AngryAussie]

Those mass cemeteries really get to me.

[schattenfaust]

" 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, the mothers, who sent their sons from faraway countries wipe away your 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."

M.Kemal

[AngryAussie]

Lest we forget.

[StinkyKnobcheese]

Still the best vid out on YouTube for ANZACS Angry.

Lest We forget.

[AngryAussie]

It certainly should not be forgotten