remEMbering...
If today is Remembrance Day, vigilance should be year-round...
By that I mean we should pay attention to what is happening in our country and outside of it. Not knowing, not reacting, is how wars start.
I should take my own advice.
On this day we must not only think of those who died in previous generations "for our country", but for those who are dying for it today and who will die tomorrow.
What happens when we fight wars we should not be fighting? What happens when we support regimes we should not be supporting? As we have seen recently, "supporting our troops" sometimes means supporting political motives we do not agree with. Supporting our troops can also sometimes mean wanting them to come home, to back up and reassess the situation they are dealing with.
There is no good side and bad side in war. Good and bad exists in the motives and actions of individuals in battle and outside of it. God doesn't take sides, just loves the pure of heart, and even they suffer and die.
And now for some latin:
Mundus rationis quam mundum armorum melior est.
Hodie gloriam inferorum laudamus et supplicamus conservare patriam libertatemque nostram.
By that I mean we should pay attention to what is happening in our country and outside of it. Not knowing, not reacting, is how wars start.
I should take my own advice.
On this day we must not only think of those who died in previous generations "for our country", but for those who are dying for it today and who will die tomorrow.
What happens when we fight wars we should not be fighting? What happens when we support regimes we should not be supporting? As we have seen recently, "supporting our troops" sometimes means supporting political motives we do not agree with. Supporting our troops can also sometimes mean wanting them to come home, to back up and reassess the situation they are dealing with.
There is no good side and bad side in war. Good and bad exists in the motives and actions of individuals in battle and outside of it. God doesn't take sides, just loves the pure of heart, and even they suffer and die.
And now for some latin:
Mundus rationis quam mundum armorum melior est.
Hodie gloriam inferorum laudamus et supplicamus conservare patriam libertatemque nostram.
posted by Emily at 4:23 p.m.
3 Comments:
I tried translating it.. Every word individually even... Only 3 words could be translated..
Is this pretend latin? Emily....
Strange how people cry about afghanistan so much. No one cried about sending humanitarian support to Sri Lanka. No one cried about sending aid to the Sudan. No one cried about sending soldiers to stop genocide in Sierra Leone. Is it because the Americans are supporting the afghan mission as well that so many people are crying? Is it because people are to ignorant to realize that Canada is doing what is considered the greater good?
I don't see the problem with building schools and hospitals. I don't see the problem with ensuring people enjoy basic human rights. Where is the problem? Is the problem because soldiers are killing people who oppose people having these things? Bringing the troops home would mean the "bad" people who oppose freedom win. What good is building a school or hospital if you leave if undefended and its burnt down the next day? Who is going to make sure those people are free? Who is going to protect the people who cannot protect themselves?
One final thing. The soldiers are not dieing for their country. They are dieing for you and I. They are fighting and dieing so one day others won't have to do the same. Always remember that.
-Markus
Bullshit, Markus.
The government we are currently defending is made up mostly of Northern Alliance members. The drug-trade has increased by over 2000%, women's rights have gone DOWN since the Taliban regime (defying belief), there are death squads run by cabinet ministers in their home regions to kill off all opposition.
Some job we're doing. And no, those soldiers aren't dying for me. Afghanistan was not a threat to Canada before we entered the war. It may be now, so those soldiers may have died to make me less safe--and I'll admit I do think about that quite a bit.
This is not humanitarian aid (which is suspect in and of itself), this is war.
And no greater lie has ever been told than Dulce et Decorum est Pro Patria Mori.
So let's cut the rhetoric, let's cut politicians' excuses for us being there, let's cut all those bullshit support the troop sloganeers, and let's take a real look at what is happening.
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