ANZAC DAY - 25th April 2010 - Lest We Forget

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years contemn.*
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

LEST WE FORGET

* this is NOT a spelling mistake. I am quoting the original passage as it appeared.

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[ChunkyBear1]

I'm sorry, this is great, but perhaps spell check may have been a good idea?? CONDEMN!

[ju1ianb0ndTV]

Just a quick note, there is a lot of debate about the original text of the Ode of Remembrance

In the context of the Ode, both condemn and contemn fit in to its meaning.

I would lean towards the original being "condemn"... because when the Ode was first published in The Times in 1914 the word Condemn was used and surely Binyon would have pointed this out, if in fact it was an error to The Times at the time of publication.

[OnePotChefBlog]

@ju1ianb0ndTV I was quoting from the original verse - so I kept the spelling error as to correct it would be going against poetic license.

[OnePotChefBlog]

@ChunkyBear1 I was quoting the original text, which is spelled "contemn" - correcting this would violate poetic license ;)

[ConnorFlockSpeevage]

Excuse my lack of knowledge, but is this a Australian equivalent to Remembrance Day?

Either way, I have family in the armed forces and I have full respect for British armed forces, and their allies across the globe. I truly hope to one day stand shoulder to shoulder with them.

Lest we forget.

[OnePotChefBlog]

@ConnorFlockSpeevage Yes, ANZAC Day is similar to Remembrance Day. It mainly focuses on the Battle at Gallipoli, Turkey where around 30,000 Australian and New Zealand soldiers were killed during WWI.

[bgrant64]

@saphyreXice

I know that most of the comments are almost a year old here, but I hope your not lumping all Americans together with that idiot. I and many Americans like me deeply respect the sacrifices that the ANZACS made. We have been allies and good friends far too long. Unfortunately there are some pea brains that don't get that. Every time I visit Sydney I always go to the ANZAC Memorial and pay my respects. Its an emotional pilgrimage for me. Not all Americans are ignorant to the meaning.

[13DCH]

"The ANZAC spirit stood, and still stands, for reckless valour in a good cause, for enterprise, resourcefulness, fidelity, comradeship and endurance that will never own defeat."

- Unanimous

[xXJeeXTeeXAyeXmanXx]

@ConnorFlockSpeevage Australia has Remembrace day also.

[NatNat15057]

I cry every time

[famileri]

fuck em, bunch of bloodsucker war mongers. They get gold card and bludge of tax payers because sixty years ago they were in the army for bloody 5 years,

[pilgrim8216]

Outstanding god bess Australia and our allies

[eoppen]

I'm a Yank myself, and that poem and tune always make me tear up...

[Brighteyes1ful]

Maybe we should remember the living and not the dead, sad though it is life must go on, please remember the living too.

[aarontsmall1975]

@COMMUNISTPHILOSOPHY Yes, where as the perversion of marxist philosophy does. If you aren't interested in being Australian, please feel free to fuck off.

[MrWombat57]

To the 2 people who disliked this.

Go away and try and get some respect and honour because i doubt that you have either one of those qualities.this is dedicated to our ancestors and their bravery.

i am proud that my ancestors were brave enough to face the challenge of battle.Are you?

[radoa1]

"lest we forget" doesnt pay them enough justice. It should be - NEVER AGAIN!!!!

[COMMUNISTPHILOSOPHY]

there's no problem with WW2

BUT the Anzac Day Act 1966 also includes the south African war- where the brits used "scorched earh policy" and concentration camps. Also, 4 of the other wars were fought against socialism: Vietnam, Korea, Malay, & Borneo.

to cut it real short, these western fascists do NOT deserve to be remembered