D Day? Or "Done To Death Day?"

[paraffin]

Will it ever stop being commemorated? Should it?

Is it right to, or should we say; "enough's enough".

[Claud.Butler]

It's no small thing to fire on people, and suffer their
better-trained fire in return.
All the men who fought on D-Day, the UK forces, the Americans, and the Germans, did their duty. They are worth remembering.

[sqad617]

Claude...I agree, but I take parafin's point.

I think that when all the veterans of WW2 have died, then perhaps we should consider putting it to rest.

We don't celebrate Rorke's Drift, do we?

[whifffey]

I think we should pay more attention to black and ethnic minority (BME) military victories, of which there are countless.

[dr b]

When you start to ponder some of the alternative histories that might have unfolded had D-Day not succeeded, I think it is worth commemorating as long as Western civilization still stands.

Perhaps in a while we will start having big remembrances only on 10-year intervals.

[craft1948]

I think it would be disrespectful to not commemorate it while even one veteran lives....

[whifffey]

Ah, what if.....

Western civilisation, defined by "white" people and "white" advances, is on its last legs. Black and Brown is taking over, not a bad thing after the disgraceful behaviour of white people in foreign climes.

Let us all look forward to a new time, a new period of peace and harmony, such as they have in Somalia and Chad.

In Britain it can be achieved with the taxpayers assistance.

[Claud.Butler]

The last UK survivors of the Great War have dwindled down to less than a handful.
In time, the same will be said of WW11. But while they are here they should be allowed their moment in the sun. They've earned it.
We should forget old emnities, Rorkes Drift, Waterloo, and the like. But it would be a sad day when we forget the sacrifice that so many of our young men and women made for us.

[sp1814]

whifffey,

Not sure how to phrase this question, but I'll try...

What exactly is wrong with you?

How did you manage to make the leap from a thread about D-Day to a sneer on black people?

Am I missing something? Is this a game you're playing...like six degrees of separation, where you see how few 'jumps' you have to make on any given subject to get to get to an anti-black statement?

[craft1948]

sp1814....whifffey is an acquired taste...

[VHG]

>I think it would be disrespectful to not commemorate
>it while even one veteran lives....

I was watching part of the D Day program on TV today, and thought to myself, what about all the people who fought in OTHER battles in the second world war.

We rarely, if ever, have a special day for them (apart from at the Cenotaph).

While D Day was important, so were many other battles in the second world war, and they are never mentioned.

Even the people "back home" like policemen and firemen who had to deal with the blitz and pull bodies out of the ruins rarely get a mention.

So I do think paraffin has a point, why the focus on D Day?

Or does the success of saving Private Ryan have somrthing to do with it (I notice Tom Hanks was there in the crowd)?

[craft1948]

come on VHG the question was about D Day.....and that was what I answered.......

[whifffey]

Nothing wrong with me sp1814. I can always rely on you to do the black gay stuff, as though the rest of us have to accept it, as though there is something wrong with us if we don't accept black and/or gay as best.

[has]

I think it should we should never forget our war heroes & shame on you if you do. Especially the world war I & II war heroes as there is not many about these days.

If I had a hat, I'd take it off to them.

Well done & thanks.

(HAPPY BIRTHDAY HENRY ALLINGHAM - 113 yrs old today)

[Whoever]

I think it will be a very sad day when we can no longer pause, remember and thank those who fought for our freedom at the cost of their lives.. Perhaps paraffin is too young to know very much about the war or has read too little about the tyrranies which the world suffered as a result of Hitler.

I hope that one day Paraffin will hopefully be a little more mature in his outlook and value a little more the sacrifices that others made so that he can enjoy the kind of freedom that he now has. He should at least be thankful that he doesn't live in China and tried to demonstrate in Tiannamen Square a few years ago.

[Gromit]

Basically, this was the turning point in the war and if it wasn't for these people you would probably be asking this question in German if at all.

If it bores you, turn the TV off or turn the page in your newspaper.

We should not forget the sacrifices at D-Day.

[sp1814]

whifffey

Still doesn't make sense. You point seems to be "If you are going to say positive things about black people and gay people, I'm going to slag them off".

What an odd standpoint that is. It would make sense only if I constantly opened threads which were hostile to whites and straights.

So, is it 'six degrees' you're playing?

If so, see how few jumps you can make between the MP's expenses scandal and, say, illegal Adrican immigrants.

Betcha can't do it in less than four jumps.

[tamborine]

commemoration is fine but constant re-runs on news channels, especially Sky News is un-necessary.

[tiggerblue10]

I think the reason why it is commemorated it is because it both wars were world wide wars and many millions were killed. Britain would be in the hands of the Germans if it wasn't for the brave people who fought. There are still many survivors of WWII and a handful from WWI. There will come a day when it does end but not quite yet.