Are these people insane?????
(Rhetorical question)
Remembrance symposium cancellation irks vet | Ontario | News | Toronto Sun
(Rhetorical question)
Remembrance symposium cancellation irks vet | Ontario | News | Toronto Sun
1. The Board shall not tolerate the use, threat of use, or possession of weapons or replicas thereof by any unauthorized person on its property or in buildings or at Board-sponsored activities. The Board shall not tolerate the presence of weapons or replicas thereof in lockers, schoolbags, handbags, vehicles,or in any other place on its property. The Board adopts the following definitions of weapon:
Why the shock and surprise?
You have to realize the OP comes from a self proclaimed gun buff and historian, so I can understand his interest in showing the history of war and its weapons. Just because it doesn't pick the interest of others, some consideration for the interests of others should be considered.I agree with gerry on this. I don't necessarily disagree with the replicas but, people celebrate Remembrance Day everywhere in Canada without replicas and we all do just fine. It is the remembering and the honouring of those who died for this country that matter most. The rest is secondary. People need to be more concerned with the remembering part of the day than with demonstrations of replicas. We must never forget.
It's true,we have to do all we can to sanitize history,make it not so..messy.WW2 was a long game of go fish.
Anyone with an interest in the artifacts of war should be checked out for latent violent tendancies.
You have to realize the OP comes from a self proclaimed gun buff and historian, so I can understand his interest in showing the history of war and its weapons. Just because it doesn't pick the interest of others, some consideration for the interests of others should be considered.
(Wow! I think I used consider and interest too much, eh?)
It's true,we have to do all we can to sanitize history,make it not so..messy.WW2 was a long game of go fish.Anyone with an interest in the artifacts of war should be checked out for latent violent tendancies.
It's because the guns have been loaded with peanut butter.
You have to realize the OP comes from a self proclaimed gun buff and historian, so I can understand his interest in showing the history of war and its weapons. Just because it doesn't pick the interest of others, some consideration for the interests of others should be considered.
(Wow! I think I used consider and interest too much, eh?)
“We’re not talking tanks — we’re talking a cargo truck, Jeep, things you or I could actually own,” he said.
“If I can drive this thing on a city street, what is the objection of the school board?”
Cullum said students will be “disappointed” because they love interacting with veterans.
The last quote, from a 16 yr old female student is one I think the most ardent anti-war people should be paying attention to: who knows best the horrors than those who have endured them? Having kids interact and learn from veterans, who don't want to see them have to go through what they did, is a powerful tool... but I guess everyone who has served or respects those who have is brainwashed by the pro-War propagandists... :roll:
You have to realize the OP comes from a self proclaimed gun buff and historian, so I can understand his interest in showing the history of war and its weapons. Just because it doesn't pick the interest of others, some consideration for the interests of others should be considered.
(Wow! I think I used consider and interest too much, eh?)
Sanitize history? Are you being sarcastic. I don't feel it's necessary to bring weaponry out on a day that is about remembering our fallen.
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The history of "war" is part of the history of our nations, whether you think of Canada, the British Empire, France or the First Nations: conflict is part of humanity, and to ignore it is to ignore part of ourselves... a large part. The World Wars of last century are the largest conflicts we, as a race, have ever been involved in, and Canada played a part and suffered significant losses in both of them.
This was also a scheduled event at a SCHOOL on Nov. 10, not a Remembrance ceremony on Nov. 11 at the local cenotaph. Where are kids to learn about history if not at schools? This is about educating our youth about what their forbears did and endured, and giving them a chance to learn from our mistakes. Its not about what "interests" John & Jane Q. Public, who can always choose not to attend any public function they desire.
The last quote, from a 16 yr old female student is one I think the most ardent anti-war people should be paying attention to: who knows best the horrors than those who have endured them? Having kids interact and learn from veterans, who don't want to see them have to go through what they did, is a powerful tool... but I guess everyone who has served or respects those who have is brainwashed by the pro-War propagandists... :roll:
Are these people insane?????
(Rhetorical question)
Remembrance symposium cancellation irks vet | Ontario | News | Toronto Sun
Yep.
I was once a high school History teacher, back in the Dark Ages before I realized I couldn't stand it.......and got a career where I could shoot back.
Mostly at the administration, in my fantasies.
But I digress.
If you are going to teach kids about anything important you need to get, and keep their attention. You need resources beyond a desk and a blackboard.........you need to grab their interest, and use whatever you can to open that portal into their minds.
Veterans talking is a wonderful idea, and one that should go on with or without props.
But someone standing in front of a class and talking simply doesn't cut it if you want to really get past that wall of apathy, reinforced by the "cool" of ignorance........
Dewatt weapons would do it. Guess what; humans may be they fascinated or repulsed by weapons, but they are usually VERY interested. Anything to get the little darlings attention.
Especially as it is the veterans who set up the display......who the hell are we to tell them what they should, or should not show (or tell) about war?????