ANZAC Day - Dress Code
Apr 29th 2013, 2:35 am
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And I am still thinking about it. By midweek your average person will be fretting about the number of adverts in Season 2 of their favorite programme or the fact that they can't a particular flavour yoghurt...
It is only 70 odd years since the German and Red armies plundered and pillaged...the civilian human tragedies....
It is only 70 odd years since the German and Red armies plundered and pillaged...the civilian human tragedies....
Apr 29th 2013, 4:50 am
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Self preservation. 'Average' people need to get on with their normal mundane lives because thinking about the heavy shit will up the suicide rate by several million percent. However 'average' people have also generally suffered great personal loss and spend a lot of time thinking about that. I know you don't mean to sound like a patronising prick but the way I read it, you are. In that post anyway.
Apr 29th 2013, 4:50 am
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Self preservation. 'Average' people need to get on with their normal mundane lives because thinking about the heavy shit will up the suicide rate by several million percent. However 'average' people have also generally suffered great personal loss and spend a lot of time thinking about that. I know you don't mean to sound like a patronising prick but the way I read it, you are. In that post anyway.
People moan about the small things because (generally) they're the things that they can do something about, things that give them the illusion that they can control some aspect of their lives, because if they focus on the helplessness that the terrible, personal tragedy has foisted on them, they'd go mad.
Apr 29th 2013, 4:53 am
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Perhaps terroism has filled the void - but it's still not immersion in the way the civilian population in the West endured.
Apr 29th 2013, 4:59 am
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I agree.
People moan about the small things because (generally) they're the things that they can do something about, things that give them the illusion that they can control some aspect of their lives, because if they focus on the helplessness that the terrible, personal tragedy has foisted on them, they'd go mad.
People moan about the small things because (generally) they're the things that they can do something about, things that give them the illusion that they can control some aspect of their lives, because if they focus on the helplessness that the terrible, personal tragedy has foisted on them, they'd go mad.
Apr 29th 2013, 5:05 am
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No idea. In the West, the idea of a civilian population touched by war directly is almost unfathomable now. (Obviously I am not talking about the relatives of those on ops).
Perhaps terroism has filled the void - but it's still not immersion in the way the civilian population in the West endured.
Perhaps terroism has filled the void - but it's still not immersion in the way the civilian population in the West endured.
May 2nd 2013, 2:49 pm
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This year was my first ANZAC's parade and it was very bitter sweet for me. My middle son marched for the first time with the army cadets. He wished his dad could have been there but unfortunately he is still on deployment.
I noticed despite the heat and it was hot in Darwin from 9am onwards all the people in the parade were dressed smartly by Darwin standards. I wore a smart summer dress as did many women who were watching the parade.
Many men had shorts and shirts.
Mandy
I noticed despite the heat and it was hot in Darwin from 9am onwards all the people in the parade were dressed smartly by Darwin standards. I wore a smart summer dress as did many women who were watching the parade.
Many men had shorts and shirts.
Mandy
May 5th 2013, 7:23 am
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Lets hope we never see such conflict again but history would suggest otherwise.
May 5th 2013, 10:00 am
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It will certainly come as a shock to the Australian public. Since Korea Australian forces have only been deployed to theaters after the government has ensured they are mainly out of harms way. Gulf war, Afghanistan and Iraq. The hard yards have been done by the Americans with some help by the Brits. This is in stark contrast to two World Wars where aussie troops were in the thick of it ie Gallipoli, Western Front, Torbruck etc.
Lets hope we never see such conflict again but history would suggest otherwise.
Lets hope we never see such conflict again but history would suggest otherwise.
May 5th 2013, 10:26 am
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Re: ANZAC Day - Dress Code
It will certainly come as a shock to the Australian public. Since Korea Australian forces have only been deployed to theaters after the government has ensured they are mainly out of harms way. Gulf war, Afghanistan and Iraq. The hard yards have been done by the Americans with some help by the Brits. This is in stark contrast to two World Wars where aussie troops were in the thick of it ie Gallipoli, Western Front, Torbruck etc.
Lets hope we never see such conflict again but history would suggest otherwise.
Lets hope we never see such conflict again but history would suggest otherwise.
May 5th 2013, 10:37 am
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May 5th 2013, 10:39 am
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May 5th 2013, 11:52 am
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May 5th 2013, 11:54 am
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