"Sorry, but for me it's more than that. I remember all those who came back from war with physical and mental injuries which change the rest of their lives, those who suffered at the hands of the Japanese during WW2, those who lost loved ones during the bombings of our cities, the list goes on.
But in particular, I remember my father who spent six years of his early life fighting in WW2 and my grandfather who fought for four years in the trenches. Because they did, I didn't have to."
Let me just explain a little more. Of course individual attach their own meaning to Remembrance day especially those who have lost family members in wars and of course many people believe that the wars in which they fought were just wars.
There are people who have however other views of those conflicts. Perhaps they believe that the First World Wars was unnecessary. Perhaps they believe that the the millions who died in the trenches died needlessly. Many feel the same way about more recent conflicts such as The Gulf War, The Falklands and Afghanistan
Remembrance Day is a day in which everyone should be able to join in to simply remember those who died in those conflicts The discussions regarding the right or wrongs of war can be had at other times.
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