Post by Benjamin on Apr 25, 2014 0:46:00 GMT
So, it's ANZAC day here in Australia.
ANZAC day is a public holiday, set aside to remember those who gave their lives and their service in the 'Great Wars' to keep our country free.
At 11:11am every ANZAC day, the nation observes a minute of silence, in memory and in honour of the fallen.
The older I get, the more this day means to me, and the more I think... we'll never see that kind of response to evil again.
I'm not under any false impressions here - the response to Hitler, in particular, was slow, poorly handled and pragmatic, at best (nobody stepped in to stop him until they absolutely had to), but with similar events unfolding in Europe, even today, it seems somehow more meaningful. Soon, One will come who will put an end to all wars with a flaming sword from his mouth.
Until then... we remember.
ANZAC day is a public holiday, set aside to remember those who gave their lives and their service in the 'Great Wars' to keep our country free.
At 11:11am every ANZAC day, the nation observes a minute of silence, in memory and in honour of the fallen.
The older I get, the more this day means to me, and the more I think... we'll never see that kind of response to evil again.
I'm not under any false impressions here - the response to Hitler, in particular, was slow, poorly handled and pragmatic, at best (nobody stepped in to stop him until they absolutely had to), but with similar events unfolding in Europe, even today, it seems somehow more meaningful. Soon, One will come who will put an end to all wars with a flaming sword from his mouth.
Until then... we remember.
