"Happy remeberance day" was said to me a few times today, and while I simply said thank-you I also couldn't understand the comment. Now that the day is mostly over and I've had time to think about I think that it's due more to a younger generation that wasn't "weened" on the war stories of the fathers and grandfathers. Many of the young people today have no idea what the heart of today is. They have never seen war aside from the news, if they watch it. Nor do they know anyone or have a relative that has experienced it and inso pass on what they have gone through. I was humbled that these strangers built up the courage to at least come over, shake my hand, and say thanks ( or happy rememberance day as some did ) even though I knew that these people had really no idea why they were doing, just that they felt they should.
There is a popular bumper sticker here that says " If you don't want to stand behind out troops then feel free to stand in fron of them!" While initially this might sound like an attempt to gain support from people I think it really shows how what has been fought for has been forgotten. All soldiers fought or have fought for our peoples right to disagree with us, to dislike us, and even hate us. That is the price of freedom to a soldier, to be dispised be they people you keep free should they choose to. Luckily many people understand better and whether they agree with whatever mission is at hand stand behind their troops. But we shouldn't forget that it's still our job to allow others not to stand bhind us.

Alright, that's enough from me, I'll step off the soap box now.