On 12/1/08 14:13, in article , "Eddy"
wrote:

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But, of course, it is not just young people who disregard the efforts of
those who fought. Large numbers of middle-aged people, those of us in
our 50s and 60s, who were born shortly after the war, also show scant
regard for the heroes of both world wars. For proof, simply keep an eye
on any cenotaph round the country on Remembrance Sunday! The crowds
which gather are SHAMEFULLY small. I know young people who regard those
folks standing round cenotaphs in silence on Remembrance Sunday mornings
as a load of old nutters.

So the challenge is "how to get the nation to actively observe the
commemorations of Remembrance Sunday". If the nation can manage to get
out of bed and genuinely do that for ten years on the trot, THEN I would
say a new public holiday could then be linked to Remembrance Sunday.


I wonder if this suggestion has been made because strenuous efforts to make
11th November a public holiday *whatever* day of the weeks it falls on, have
always failed. It seems to me that other countries and I note this most
particularly in France, are very mindful of their war dead and mark
important dates. I think I'm correct in saying that May 8th is a Bank
Holiday in France and May 8th and 9th are Bank Holidays in Guernsey and
Jersey respectively.

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