[freedumb2003]

>>Please blubber away. I suspect McCrae would have found this navel-gazing quite foreign.<<

Please regale us with your deep knowledge of French culture, Chinese culture, Japanese culture and many other places you have never lived.

You sound like that leftist they described in the article.

You are a shame to yourself, FR and Conservatives.

[Zhang Fei]

Please regale us with your deep knowledge of French culture, Chinese culture, Japanese culture and many other places you have never lived. You sound like that leftist they described in the article. You are a shame to yourself, FR and Conservatives.

The plain meaning of McCrae's verse is obvious for anyone to see. Now, you may think that tourism means you can superimpose whatever meaning you want onto the text. And that's your prerogative. I don't.

I think people who engage in this kind of mawkishness have certainly evolved from the British tradition of stoicism. That's progress for you. If "Let's all have a good cry" is what they need to do at this point, that's what they should do.

The thing is - as bloodlettings go, The Great War did not hold a candle to the English Civil War, which killed over 5% of the British population. But you don't see the current crop raising a big fuss over that.

[Fenhalls555]

No point talking with the man. He’s a simpleton.