Happy Remeberance Day.
I'm American, so i'm used to celebrating Memorial day. We do that in May...and we don't use poppies. But it seems like everywhere else in the world people have the little red flowers pinned to their jackets. I like them.I saw something on the news last night, and it has me really pissed off. It seems as if prisoners here in Manitoba are getting tattoos for free courtesy of the residents of Manitoba. While I think people getting tattoos need a clean safe place to do it, I don’t think prisoners have the right to get free tattoos. What bothered me the most about this was that residents of Manitoba don’t have the right to vote about how their money is spent. I love Canada and everything, but this is just wrong.
While tattoos might not cost that much, and it would probably cut down on illness among prisoners who tattoo themselves with dirty needles and the like, i'd rather see that money spent on a zero tolerance policy or something in the prisons.
Getting political in my blog isn’t really what I wanted, but I’ll do it if I have to. I’m a pretty hardcore republican/conservative, so I’m pretty sure I’ll spark some angry comments :)
Till next time.
An edit: Americans celebrate Vetran's day today.
posted by Nathan at 8:23 AM
2 Comments:
Thats the big difference between Canada and the US. It seems the states celebrates their veterans, the ones that managed to stay alive, and they thank them for a war well done. When it comes to war, we dont celebrate anything. If anything we acknowledge this day and we remember those who died for whatever cause it was and over anything the moral reigns clear. Never Again. It's definately the most sombre of holidays in Canada. And it's my favorite.
I understand that all cultures do things differently, but I will never understand the respect Americans have for war. Celebrating the senseless death of millions and millions over the years just doesn't make sense to me.
I have a question, when you talk to veterans in the states, are the really proud of what they did, are they glad that everyone celebrates that they are still alive, whereas their friends from that time are dead? I ask this because every year at Remembrance day services, they haev veterans come and talk about their experiences and cry and warn against the horrors of war...
I think I used the wrong word to describe how we honor both the living and the dead vetrans.
We not only respect those who lost their lives during war, but we celebrate the fact that without the people that died, we wouldn't be alive to enjoy the life we can so freely live.
We never celebrate the fact that they died(although some ex-patriots may) but we celebrate the fact that they were so brave, and so strong.
We also dont celebrate war, as war in itself isn't something to be proud of.
We have the same solemn services that msot countries do.
On Memorial day(which is a national holiday...something that Canada has yet to do) to memorialize those that sacrificed themselves for our country, most people celebrate the freedoms they have by having a BBQ, or a party. Unfortunatly, due to things like commercialism, Memorial day has lost its meaning to many people.
Most vetrans in the states talk about both sides of war- they mourn the loss of their friends, and the costs of war, but at the same time they honour their friends by reminding us of what they died for...our chance to achieve whatever we want in life.
I hope that answers your question :)
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