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James H
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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.

An extract from the poem "For the Fallen" by Laurence Binyon

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Ant
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What a nice thought Mr H. Technically, we're not too late as Remembrance Sunday is tomorrow.
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DVB Cornwall
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Joined: Fri 24 Jun, 2005 21.42

Unlike some UK Broadcasters who have ignored the 1100 two minutes silence today.

(My thread you know where refers)
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wells
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How do you know that many didnt do anything for the 2 mintues silence?
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Jenny
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James H wrote: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.
...but come lunchtime, that's yer lot.
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cdd
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A question for you all: Why is it world war one in particular that gets commemorated?
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Jenny
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wells wrote:How do you know that many didnt do anything for the 2 mintues silence?
Well, that's kind of the point of 2 minutes' silence, isn't it?
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Jenny
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cdd wrote:A question for you all: Why is it world war one in particular that gets commemorated?
Because the people responsible for starting the later ones are still alive and would rather you didn't think too hard about it.
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Pete
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cdd wrote:A question for you all: Why is it world war one in particular that gets commemorated?
Possibly because it was *so* pointless. Hitler could have won whereas the Great War was stalemate for years for no reason whatsoever. It was a needless, pointless war that didn't even have a sensible reason for starting.
"He has to be larger than bacon"
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DVB Cornwall
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wells wrote:How do you know that many didnt do anything for the 2 mintues silence?
As you can see from my thread on TVF - I did a quick scan through on Freeview to see what each of the broadcasters did and was back for the Last Post.
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Sput
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Hymagumba wrote: It was a needless, pointless war that didn't even have a sensible reason for starting.
I don't know, black men's hands shouldn't just get up by themselves and destroy popular Scottish rock groups you know! People were bound to be upset!
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