Ode to the Fallen - ANZAC Day

The RSA Ode to the Fallen (Laurence Binyon), to remember fallen servicepersons, is recited every Friday at 6pm. The text follows.

They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old.

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning.

We will remember them

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[jimduff15]

forgive me for asking but what is the first language spoken? im guessing Turkish?

[nzheraldtv]

@jimduff15 The language is Maori, the native tongue in New Zealand.

[nzheraldtv]

Hello @jimduff15 The language is Maori, the native tongue in New Zealand.

[infernogamers]

very powerful,

[Cambrensis]

We will remember them. Beautiful and chilling thank you.

[laura231471]

im crying my eyes out as i rember both my brave grandfathers and uncles who all severed in ww2 god bless them every one

[laura231471]

@nzheraldtv the laungaue of the gods 

[aarontsmall1975]

@radoa1 Democracy isn't perfect, but it beats the hell out of whatever is in second place. How many died in the name of Marxist ideals? Maoist propaganda? Leave the rhetoric out and show some fucking respect.

[radoa1]

@Goannadria you described the actions taken by the Nazis - a mistake?? How many young lives were lost for imperial conquest Goanna?? The "life" you sprout will be the new generation chosen and manipulated top fight the next war for the benefit of corporate capitalism

[Goannadria]

@veritbo Taking into account the situation at the time (Turkey was a powerful member of the Central Powers, an ally of Germany) the landings at Gallipoli have the same basis as the invasion of Italy; to knock that country out of the war.

We commemorate the people because of what they gave. Not just the ones who died, but the ones whose souls were torn asunder. If we don't remember them, and what they did, then we will just repeat those mistakes, again and again.

We CANNOT forget.

[Goannadria]

@radoa1 That war was 20+ years after the landings at Gallipoli. And yes, World War Two was a mistake, like all wars. But the advances in aerial technology and medicine due to those wars must be taken into account.

War is the worst vice of the human race, yet it bring with it our greatest cultural and technological developments. It's like a fire ravaging the countryside; New life with sprout from the ashes of the old.

[radoa1]

@mentalnoted mistakes??? Was Nazi Germany invading greater europe - a mistake?

[bardsidhe]

Lest We Forget,