On Sunday, November 11, 2012 11:14:06 PM UTC-5, Tim Wescott wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Nov 2012 16:09:40 -0800, bloggs.fredbloggs.fred wrote:
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> > On Sunday, November 11, 2012 5:45:17 PM UTC-5, P E Schoen wrote:
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> > We need to ban these commemorations since they're just another
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> > propaganda tool used to dupe future generations. November 11, 1918 at
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> > the 11th hour marks the Armistice ending WW I. Read how much the
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> > commanding generals thought of the front lines troops that they got 3500
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> > of them slaughtered within MINUTES of 11 AM.
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http://www.historynet.com/world-war-i-wasted-lives-on-armistice-day.htm
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> You were one of the folks that spat on the draftees returning from Viet
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> Jeeze -- we're commemorating the _troops_, not just the _generals_. Keep
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No one needs your phony baloney commemoration, all that is contained in the archives and the history books. Making a national holiday of it is one of the oldest forms of nationalistic brainwashing with no other purpose than to excite future generations into a state of mindless enthusiasm for going to war. It's wrong and the holiday should be abolished. The REAL story is the government dumps the remains of KIAs into the closest available landfill whenever they can get away with it. The government also exposes millions of troops to extremely toxic substances and then fights paying for any medical treatment until almost all of them are dead. The list of abuses is endless. So put up or shut up because I don't really see you as the kind to be an activist or do anything to buck the system- typical nerd.