"Lest we forget"

[Akzle]

decided when I was five that, if god did exist from the state of the world he'd probably packed up and gone fishing a long time ago

what does he catch?

Btw, a big 'fuck you' to all the dorklanders on the coro, scaring all the fish and driving at 50km/h - god.

[mstriumph]

what does he catch?
..............

excellent question - wish I had a halfway decent answer for you ...

[mstriumph]

Have you thought of talking to the living? Those who lost friends and brothers to war?

yep, I'm one of those

Those who lost limbs and freedom?

Did that - rehab ward at RAF Halton, and elsewhere. The sheer bravery in the face of a prognosis generally not good on so many levels was equal parts uplifting and totally distressing ...

Plenty of them will tell you what it's all about, and you might be surprised how many of them would do it all again.

the living, mebbe ... surviving horror must be a huge rush. One of my mates is ex vietnam ... came back badly damaged ... would go back in a flash if able, those were his glory days, everything else has been a let down since then. But I have been trying to focus here on the ones who got their names on the war memorials ... no talking to them

Oh and nobody has to convince a soldier to go to war, the many I know are all far more keen than most would realise to get out there and do what they are trained to do.

I was one of those - airforce, though.