tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661337961858411173.post7796368288588340005..comments2023-06-02T09:11:57.051+01:00Comments on doctor zorro: Remembrance againDoctor Zorrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02066781456935894741noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661337961858411173.post-2353047176832936422014-11-08T20:52:32.631+00:002014-11-08T20:52:32.631+00:00Thank you for a rather interesting reply to my com...Thank you for a rather interesting reply to my comment Dr Z.<br /><br />Whether Snow did or did not – he didn’t – mention the simple act of buying a poppy is irrelevant. Buying a poppy is my simple act of honouring those whose lives were taken stolen in the pursuit of a pointless war, and indeed of those in wars that have followed, whether of the armed services or civilian causalities’. War is a terrible thing, yet something mankind – and yes it is mostly man kind who instigate such a terrible thing – does rather well. <br /><br />And I will honour those poor souls who were/are cannon fodder in the pursuit goal of some oft unattainable prize of those who would preside over us.<br /><br />Despite its title of The National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph - it is a ceremony and not a ‘service’. Although it is true that representatives of all/most religions are represented there – it is not a religious service.<br /><br />Perhaps you and Dan Snow are right in that there should be a secular representative – but I worry that this is ambush tactics by the National Secular Society in pursuit of their own prize.<br />“Yet for many of us in today’s Britain, this important ceremony is diminished by the dominance of a religion that fewer and fewer people follow. An Anglican bishop presides over a portion of the ceremony. His fellow imams, priests, patriarchs and primates stand by like also-rans and there is no sign of a secular representative.”<br /><br />I would like to know who this ‘many’ are – for me, having secular ‘beliefs’ are not one of them. As said, I do not see a dominance of a religion that fewer and fewer people follow.” What concerns me most is that many folk do not give a shit, because they do not give a shit. They have removed themselves from our past because they do not give a damn. How can the war dead be more important than the vacuous little worlds of celebrities’ twitteries and the ‘I’m alright Jacks’’?<br /><br />What dumb little entities we have become, squabbling over who should preside over ceremonies’ to commemorate the war dead. (I am (almost) certain you have mentioned ‘Idiocracy’ in a past post Dr Z – we are getting there…) <br /><br />As to whether I have served in the armed forces, regular or reserve – no I haven’t, and I wonder what purpose this question (asked) serves? Please inform.<br /><br />You might like to read this: http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/commentandblogs/2014/11/07/the-popularity-of-remembrance-sunday-is-a-sign-that-christianity-has-more-or-less-died-out-in-english-mainstream-culture/ <br /><br />I leave with Dan Snows words: If people switch off, they will forget. And when we forget, we repeat. <br /><br />Yes we do.<br /><br />Peace Dr Z.<br /><br />Anna :o]<br />hyperCRYPTICalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967085628384237933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661337961858411173.post-12180550708826774142014-11-08T12:49:27.651+00:002014-11-08T12:49:27.651+00:00The poppy has been devalued into a pointless bit o...The poppy has been devalued into a pointless bit of decoration, celebrities vie with each other to wear the most bejewelled bit of frippery available. Newsreaders are castigated for not wearing one. Should we wear a green poppy, a red poppy, a white poppy? Poppies with leaves (England) or without leaves (Scotland)? It has become the part of our sentimentalist culture - "look at me, I care".<br /><br />My family never buy poppies because my grandfather fought in the First World War. Afterwards if someone came to his house wearing a poppy he would rip it off and throw into the fire. Why? Because they were administered by the Earl Haig fund and he hated Haig with a passion. He blamed Haig for the thousands of men who died on the battlefields unnecessarily. So in respect to a man who was there we do not wear poppies. <br /><br />I agree with you DZ (and Dan Snow), it is a secular memorial and if we allow the C of E to do its service it takes away from all the C of S, the Catholics, the Jews, the Muslims, the Hindus and yes the atheists who have all fought and died. GrumpyRNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06774717062401988853noreply@blogger.com