Lest we forget
Sir Winston S Churchill
I hope you all brought a poppy !
Today I hope everyone took 2 minutes to remember the fallen.
After checking the media I noticed no articles about this somber day.
Lest we forgot is taken from the poem Recessional by Rudyard Kipling,
God of our fathers, known of old—
Lord of our far-flung battle line—
Beneath whose awful hand we hold
Dominion over palm and pine—
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget—lest we forget!
The tumult and the shouting dies—
The Captains and the Kings depart—
Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice,
An humble and a contrite heart.
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget—lest we forget!
Far-called our navies melt away—
On dune and headland sinks the fire—
Lo, all our pomp of yesterday
Is one with Nineveh and Tyre!
Judge of the Nations, spare us yet,
Lest we forget—lest we forget!
If, drunk with sight of power, we loose
Wild tongues that have not Thee in awe—
Such boastings as the Gentiles use,
Or lesser breeds without the Law—
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget—lest we forget!
For heathen heart that puts her trust
In reeking tube and iron shard—
All valiant dust that builds on dust,
And guarding calls not Thee to guard.
For frantic boast and foolish word,
Thy Mercy on Thy People, Lord!
Amen.
I'm sure most of us had family who fought in the great wars, no matter what country we live in , we owe them brave men our freedom today and please,
Lest we forget !
Comments
At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we WILL remember them.
Agree with the sentiment, as for freedom, get rid of all religions then we will have freedom
Oh really now? Tell me all about how we will magically have "freedom" when religion is abolished. Protip: 'Freedom is slavery' is not an answer.
I just need proof that having a religion is better than not having one. I cannot prove there isn't a god but nobody can prove there is one. Self appointed church leaders give advice to governments and that is one law that needs to be changed. There is more hatred between religions than any other hatred but people still want to force there views on others anyway, and this causes violence which in effect leads to wars. Therefore getting rid of all religions saves lives, Jesus don't he kills more.
Christianity is completely based on good morals via the New Testament m8, the only hatred between religions are the Jews who follow the Talmud and the Torah, the Zionists who are following in the footsteps of Nazi Germany with palestine. And the Muslims who are blowing eachother, and every other religions, to pieces constantly and responsible for the majority of crime in European nations. But yes, blame Jesus for Ahmed and his cousins blowing up a church every week. Do you know what has killed more than religion? Atheism. More specifically: Communism, which has killed 50x more people than the Crusades did in 20%~ of the time. But nah, that doesn't count, because Christians kill like a billion people a year!!!!11
P.S. 'religion' (or to you, just Christianity) was what made Europe so great in the last 1800 or so years.
all i can see are you pointing out the negatives of other religions, so my point is valid as you have confirmed why all religions should no longer exist. As religion has no place in my life this can now be closed.
Then why comment about it in the first place? Just trying to be a 2edgy4u anti-theist? How about you compare how the USSR was in the 1950s to the USA in the 1950s, see which country had more freedom. You blame people for wanting to force their views on others, yet you preach that you can't be free without getting rid of religion to be free, seems a little hypocritical doesn't it?
It just proves that without people fighting for our freedom(i was not brave enough to join any armed forces), that we can have these comments, and hope their lives live long in the memory of us all whatever our political, social and religious views. WEAR YOUR POPPY WITH PRIDE.
Not sure if Sanic's trolling has gotten really shit or if Sanic just turned into more of a derp lately
way more of a derp...
Apart from the freedom to believe what you believe of course. Which seems a rather key aspect of the whole freedom thing...
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2 minutes taken to remember the fallen is something that I can do. song for tonight is the sound of silence - enjoy whilst remembering http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTCNwgzM2rQ&feature=youtu.be
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