Remembrance and the BBC...

[rich p]

I know war is horrible: I know millions died: I know there's loads of poignant letters; I know there's lots of heart-tugging poetry; I know the war-graves are photogenic and strikingly evocative...

...but I can't help thinking that the BBC are revelling in this anniversary.
Milking it for all its worth while conveniently ignoring that there are many wars since with horrendous levels of inhumanity and brutality. I've heard a few references today (not only by the BBC) that WW1 was a turning point in warfare and global strife.
Did they miss WW2, Rwanda, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Iraq the sequel etc.

 

[400bhp]

I can't put my finger on it but there's something pompous about it.

I turned on to the Beeb earlier to find some weird tribal ceremony going on with William and Kate at the centre of it. I changed channels sharpish.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

It stops them from having to report the horrific barbarity of the current lot.

Rather than getting kids to learn about something that happened a century ago maybe they should show them film of children being massacred in Gaza and then ask them what they learned.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

My grandfather was killed in that war. To think that that he died for that mob. It disgusted me and I couldn't watch it.

 

[Piemaster]

Something I started last year found I didn't really want to finish was mapping the 'Thankful Villages'.
There's not enough of them. (link)

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

This pious w***ery is a disgrace.

 

[Cuchilo]

I know war is horrible: I know millions died: I know there's loads of poignant letters; I know there's lots of heart-tugging poetry; I know the war-graves are photogenic and strikingly evocative...

...but I can't help thinking that the BBC are revelling in this anniversary.
Milking it for all its worth while conveniently ignoring that there are many wars since with horrendous levels of inhumanity and brutality. I've heard a few references today (not only by the BBC) that WW1 was a turning point in warfare and global strife.
Did they miss WW2, Rwanda, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Iraq the sequel etc.

It must be horrible for you

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I just heard that the queen chose not to attend, instead choosing to commemorate the dead at a quieter and more dignified mass. I'm not a flag waver but I applaud her decision.

 

[rich p]

It must be horrible for you

You probably need to elaborate your point if you expect a proper response.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I just heard that the queen chose not to attend, instead choosing to commemorate the dead at a quieter and more dignified mass. I'm not a flag waver but I applaud her decision.

She's on holiday at Balmoral, killing deer and stuff

 

[Mattonsea]

No matter how many candles or choirs or royals or politician's ringing there hands will bring my great great grandfather back.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

She's on holiday at Balmoral, killing deer and stuff

Not today she wasn't.

 

[Cuchilo]

You probably need to elaborate your point if you expect a proper response.

No , I really don't !

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Not today she wasn't.

Was she not? I thought I saw a clip of her going into the church there, or was that old footage? I only have it on as my parents are staying and they are watching it.

She'll be killing deer and stuff elsewhere then.

 

[MontyVeda]

I think it's worth commemorating and remembering, and i take my hats off to those who actually 'go' and commemorate. But the idea of watching it on TV would make me feel like a spectator... so the coverage is not for me. But for others I expect it's essential viewing, so the Beeb is serving them and not me on this occasion. I can live with that thanks to being able to turn it off.