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Arwon Zora Level: 35  Posts: 42/506 EXP: 278115 For next: 1821 Since: 03-15-04 From: Terra Australis Incognita Since last post: 5 hours Last activity: 10 min. |
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| "I think someone should just go ahead and SHUT THEM DOWN." Nah, I wouldn't go that far. But it's in poor taste. On a related note, so too is the endless references to "Anzac spirit" by sport commentators. I must've heard the term five times during the Swans vs Demons clash, and it angered me. (edited by Arwon on 04-25-04 08:30 AM) |
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tinzeee Permaban Repeated warnings and bannings about stupidity Level: 38  Posts: 562/618 EXP: 369695 For next: 752 Since: 04-02-04 From: Australia - Sydney Since last post: 553 days Last activity: 339 days |
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| I can't believe that... they shouldn't go as far as closing them maybe warm them (edited by tinzeee on 04-25-04 08:34 AM) |
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Mr Blonde Red Goomba Level: 11 Posts: 22/39 EXP: 5951 For next: 34 Since: 03-15-04 From: Sydney, Australia Since last post: 457 days Last activity: 339 days |
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| They have it every year in GayFL to show respect to the fallen soldiers.You'd better get used to it if you're complaining now. | |||
Avardo Cheep-cheep Level: 23  Posts: 181/184 EXP: 61004 For next: 6719 Since: 03-15-04 From: England Since last post: 547 days Last activity: 149 days |
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| It technically isn't Anzac day here yet... But I give my feelings to the people lost in the war... I was in Australia last Anzac day, and I slept in really late, when apparently it's tradition to get up about 6am to commemorate it... So I'll give my feelings this year... And a special remembrance to the best Anzac around... John Simpson Kirkpatrick  ... Local boy  ... |
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Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get.  Level: 73  Posts: 192/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| I like what they do at the start of AFL matches (please don't call it GayFL.... I might not be an AFL fan, but I don't believe in making that kind of bigoted joke either. Call it "Aerial Ping-Pong" if you must) and the start of any other sport that is on ANZAC day. Why? Well, I don't think we should all just STOP because it's ANZAC Day. Most of Australia doesn't, why should the AFL? However, I do think that they should show respect, as the rest of Australia does, and so they do. Course, the commentators DO go on a bit, but commentators do that with EVERYTHING. (Football, Cricket, Swimming, etc, etc, etc....). Just do what I do and turn music up so you can't hear the Commentators and then watch the game  |
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Colleen Administrator Level: 136 Posts: 1119/11302 EXP: 29369328 For next: 727587 Since: 03-15-04 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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But Aussies also celebrate Remembrance Day, no?  Respect is fine. A moment of silence, maybe a small ceremony, and then on with the game/event/whatever. Happens on every holiday like that. |
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tinzeee Permaban Repeated warnings and bannings about stupidity Level: 38 Posts: 574/618 EXP: 369695 For next: 752 Since: 04-02-04 From: Australia - Sydney Since last post: 553 days Last activity: 339 days |
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| No we don't celebrate Rememberance day, that is an american tradition. ANZAC Day is to remember the Aussies and New Zealanders who fought in the war. | |||
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Colleen Administrator Level: 136 Posts: 1130/11302 EXP: 29369328 For next: 727587 Since: 03-15-04 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| Ah, all right. I would have thought that there'd be a common mourning day for the Commonwealth countries myself... | |||
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Arwon Zora Level: 35 Posts: 45/506 EXP: 278115 For next: 1821 Since: 03-15-04 From: Terra Australis Incognita Since last post: 5 hours Last activity: 10 min. |
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| Tinzeee, what are you talking about? We do have Rememberence day - November 11, a.k.a. Armistice Day. It isn't a public holiday but there's the traditional minute's silence and all that. The Americans don't even do "Rememberence Day" as such. They call it "Veteran's Day" and it seems to be less about WW1 specifically than veterans in general. So yes, Colleen, we do mark Rememberence Day. It isn't a public holiday though. |
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tinzeee Permaban Repeated warnings and bannings about stupidity Level: 38 Posts: 576/618 EXP: 369695 For next: 752 Since: 04-02-04 From: Australia - Sydney Since last post: 553 days Last activity: 339 days |
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| Oops well i forgot about that one, and the names are always different in each country... rememberance day/veterans day, they are near the same. Sorry Colleen | |||
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Arwon Zora Level: 35 Posts: 48/506 EXP: 278115 For next: 1821 Since: 03-15-04 From: Terra Australis Incognita Since last post: 5 hours Last activity: 10 min. |
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Bola Red Goomba Level: 11 Posts: 18/38 EXP: 5723 For next: 262 Since: 03-15-04 From: Australia Since last post: 389 days Last activity: 326 days |
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| My father has gone back to Vietnam for ANZAC day. He runs tours of the battlefields but this tour is always a special one for him. He was a soldier in the Vietnam war, and my grandfather was a POW at a japanese camp in WW2. | |||
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Colleen Administrator Level: 136 Posts: 1143/11302 EXP: 29369328 For next: 727587 Since: 03-15-04 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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Ah. Thanks for clearing that up.  It's not a holiday here either yet we do observe it and sell a crapload of poppies.  |
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