I mean. Get serious.
I mean. Get serious.
I assume your Veteran’s Day coincides with our Remembrance Day and Armistice Day which marks the anniversary of the end of the First World War which ended on the 11th hour of the 11th month in 1918.
The day is taken quite seriously here in Britain as we lost over 700,000 on the battlefields of Europe during that war, from a population of 40 million with another 300,000 plus deaths from our Empire forces.
The total US deaths in World War Two was 420,000 from a nation with a population of 131 million.
I notice that the French are always described as cowards on Letsrun threads - on the contrary, they were TOO brave for their own good during WW1, sustaining a death toll around 1,400,000, again from a population of 40 million.
That would be the equivalent of the modern USA sustaining 11 million deaths in a war.
Like France, I would bet that the citizens of the USA would be a bit reluctant to take up arms once again a mere 21 years after sustaining that sort of a death toll.
It took ages for the USA to get their balls back from the death of a mere 58,000 in Vietnam
The English and Italians are joked about the most as cowards on U.S. television. The rationale is, having 100s of thousands of Italian and English soldiers easily killed isn't bravery as they spin it Europe, it's blatant cowardice.
Because it remembers a specific event, like the 4th of July. And XMAS is always Dec 25th. Not so rare is VD.
Because Monday was the Marine Corps Birthday, that's why.
In the Army we got a "training holiday" on Monday and thus had a four day weekend.
Today is the Day wrote:
I mean. Get serious.
When I was very young "they" switched all holidays to Monday to make a three day weekend but the Veterans insisted Veteran's day be celebrated on the 11th no matter what day of the week it falls on.
I remember Columbus Day and Washington's Birthday, Lincoln's Birthday being celebrated on various week days. (Martin Luther King was still alive).
Created to honor the end of a slaughter. Not we honor slaughter in the name of freedom?
Today is the Day wrote:
I mean. Get serious.
Because "legal public holidays" -- the technical term -- in the United States are established by federal statute, and 5 U.S.C. § 6103(a) provides by its plain terms that "Veterans Day" is "November 11."
By way of contrast, that same statute provides that "Columbus Day" is the "second Monday in October," and that "Thanksgiving" is the "fourth Thursday in November."
In other words, some legal public holidays are date-specific (i.e., New Year's Day, Independence Day, Veterans Day, and Christmas Day), whereas others are not. I believe that is the answer to your question.
Today is the Day wrote:
I mean. Get serious.
I know, right. I mean, what's the big deal with marginalizing the sacrifice of soldiers the world over? pshhhhhh
By the way, my grandfather who flew P51 Mustangs over Germany, Belgium, and Netherlands says "FUCK YOU!" from his military grave. And my grandmother, who waited anxiously for letters from Europe or for men in dress greens to walk up to her door to deliver bad news says "FUCK YOU!" too.
Girma Gebre wrote:
And XMAS is always Dec 25th. Not so rare is VD.
Nothing specific happened on December 25, and venereal disease can happen any day of the year.
im an azzhole wrote:
Today is the Day wrote:I mean. Get serious.
I know, right. I mean, what's the big deal with marginalizing the sacrifice of soldiers the world over? pshhhhhh
By the way, my grandfather who flew P51 Mustangs over Germany, Belgium, and Netherlands says "FUCK YOU!" from his military grave. And my grandmother, who waited anxiously for letters from Europe or for men in dress greens to walk up to her door to deliver bad news says "FUCK YOU!" too.
Wow your grandparents are aholes. Cursing at a person they've never met.
And you're an a-hole for not showing any kind of understanding.