tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35190226.post8692613728861407513..comments2024-02-28T07:12:55.042-08:00Comments on View of the marching fishes: Vimy rantstrasmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03332469508592595136noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35190226.post-76197918605720949142007-04-13T01:45:00.000-07:002007-04-13T01:45:00.000-07:00Don't apologize! There's no sense in sharing an op...Don't apologize! There's no sense in sharing an opinion and then not expecting feedback. The edit was actually on the off chance my Mom reads this - she wants to visit Vimy and I do want to go - I just wanted to make it clear that my beef is with the Dominion people. And I fully agree with you - there is no particular reason why we should be choked up about people we don't know that died years ago - the fact that I get choked up doesn't make me virtuous. Comment away! Be as brutal as you like!strasmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03332469508592595136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35190226.post-42771774476401871322007-04-12T22:54:00.000-07:002007-04-12T22:54:00.000-07:00Apologies for the brutal words in an inappropriate...Apologies for the brutal words in an inappropriate forum. This is YOUR blog.Travishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18352402507066104245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35190226.post-65640319296205435352007-04-12T04:15:00.000-07:002007-04-12T04:15:00.000-07:00I should clarify (I think I'll add a note on the p...I should clarify (I think I'll add a note on the post) that I personally look forward to visiting the memorial soon, probably when my parents visit in October. My beef is with the Dominion Institute and the idea that "military history" equals "national history" or that a country's founding myths need be set in stone. <BR/>Unlike Travis, I do get choked up at the thought of men younger than I dying for no good reason - that others don't doesn't make me more Canadian, just more sentimental.strasmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03332469508592595136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35190226.post-80400175308565910442007-04-11T16:34:00.000-07:002007-04-11T16:34:00.000-07:00Kinda wishing I hadn't brought the whole Vimy thin...Kinda wishing I hadn't brought the whole Vimy thing up now.. (not-really-anonymous-but-don't-know- how-to-figure-the-whole-identity-thang out..(Tara)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35190226.post-78412209531727222852007-04-11T13:06:00.000-07:002007-04-11T13:06:00.000-07:00Do I even need to point out that I agree with ever...Do I even need to point out that I agree with every word you said?<BR/> Just in case people are angry, I'll give them an easier target: given that history shows us that people are basically despicable, is it EVER sad or memorable that people we never knew died? I mean, is there NOTHING in your present-day environment that excites emotion above the idea of some ancient clodhopper being blown to smithereens on a insignificant landscape feature far away in both time and space?Travishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18352402507066104245noreply@blogger.com