[Newfy]

Blue_Nose Blue_Nose:

Knoss Knoss:

The poppy also shows support for our active service personell and soldiers fighting terrorism in Afghanistan.

Can someone else confirm this? To my knowledge, that's not the point of Remembrance Day.

As far as I know Rememberance Day is an occassion to remember all our fallen from all conflicts even ongoing ones. If we were really going to be anal about it then we would only be remembering WW1 on this day.

[Blue_Nose]

lily lily:

it has no more to do with showing respect for Remembrance day and our veterans than a pic of a naked lady in a field of poppies.

I just realized that this wasn't a rhetorical point... I concur.

[Scape]

Falling in.

[crystalsm]

Done and done.

[purple_princess]

Not exactly an avatar, but a tribute to Fresh Widow by Marcel Duchamp.

[Hester]

lily lily:

Except that isn't Curious George in your avatar, and it has no more to do with showing respect for Remembrance day and our veterans than a pic of a naked lady in a field of poppies.

Blue_Nose Blue_Nose:

lily lily:

it has no more to do with showing respect for Remembrance day and our veterans than a pic of a naked lady in a field of poppies.

I just realized that this wasn't a rhetorical point... I concur.

People remember in ways that are different than yours – does that make you a better at remembering? If I don’t go to church as often as you or leave a bible open on my coffee table am I a less worthy Christian? How much scorn do you have for those who have not changed their avatar? You quite consciously looked at the profile - for what reason? Where you shocked by what you saw? Be glad that people remember and never forget those who've fought for our freedom.


Why be so judgmental? Pass your judgment somewhere else, it doesn’t belong here.

[Hester]

010832Z NOV 06
FM NDHQ CDS OTTAWA
TO CANFORGEN

UNCLAS CANFORGEN 160/06 CDS 061/06

BILINGUAL MESSAGE/MESSAGE BILINGUE
SUBJECT: CDS REMEMBRANCE DAY MESSAGE

1. FOR GENERATIONS, CANADIAN MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM HAVE
DEMONSTRATED THEIR COMMITMENT AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO FIGHT WHEN
NECESSARY FOR OUR INTERESTS AND VALUES
2. ON THIS DAY OF REMEMBRANCE AND COMMEMORATION, THE HEROIC DEEDS OF
THOSE WHO ONCE WORE THE CANADIAN UNIFORM CAN ONLY INSPIRE US AS WE
FACE TODAY S CHALLENGES
3. THIS HAS BEEN A NOTABLE YEAR FOR THE CANADIAN FORCES, JUST AS
1917 WAS FOR A PREVIOUS GENERATION OF CANADIANS
4. AT VIMY RIDGE, FOUR DIVISIONS OF THE CANADIAN CORPS, OPERATING
TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME, FOUGHT WITH RESOLVE AND VALOUR AGAINST
A DETERMINED ENEMY
5. VIMY IS WIDELY REGARDED AS A PART OF CANADA S COMING OF AGE, A
PLACE WHERE OUR SOLDIERS HEROISM AND BRAVERY WAS HAILED BOTH AT HOME
AND BY OUR ALLIES
6. IN AFGHANISTAN, IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD, ACROSS THIS
CONTINENT AND THROUGH THIS COUNTRY, YOUR WORK ECHOES THE COURAGE AND
TENACITY OF YOUR PREDECESSORS OF SOME 90 YEARS AGO
7. YOU ARE WORKING TO PRESERVE OUR WAY OF LIFE
8. YOU ARE FIGHTING FOR THE PRINCIPLES WE ALL BELIEVE IN
9. YOU ARE SERVING AS CANADIANS
10. THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THIS HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING YEAR FOR EACH
AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. AS CHIEF OF THE DEFENCE STAFF, I CAN ONLY BE
PROUD OF THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR CANADA
11. YOUR EFFORTS ARE RESONATING ACROSS THIS GREAT COUNTRY. FROM
COAST TO COAST TO COAST, CANADIANS ARE WEARING RED IN SUPPORT OF
YOUR WORK
12. BUT THIS SIMPLE TRIBUTE, COMING AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, ALSO GIVES
THE PEOPLE OF CANADA CAUSE TO REFLECT ON THE LEGACY OF YOUR
PREDECESSORS IN UNIFORM
13. ON NOVEMBER 11TH, WHETHER YOU STAND AT A LOCAL CENOTAPH IN THE
CRISP AUTUMN AIR OR AT THE CANADIAN MONUMENT AT KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, I
KNOW YOU WILL BE THINKING OF YOUR COMRADES AND FRIENDS WHO HAVE
SACRIFICED SO MUCH TO GIVE CANADIANS THE FREEDOM WE ENJOY TODAY
14. I ALSO KNOW THAT YOUR HEARTS WILL BE REACHING OUT TO THE
FAMILIES OF CANADIAN PERSONNEL WHO HAVE RECENTLY LOST THEIR LOVED
ONES. THROUGHOUT, THEY HAVE SHOWN A LEVEL OF DIGNITY, COMMITMENT AND
GRACE THAT IS AN INSPIRATION TO US ALL
15. LIKE THEM, WE CANNOT AND WILL NOT FORGET THAT OUR FREEDOM HAS
COME AT A STEEP PRICE
16. IT IS A SACRIFICE THAT WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR GENERATIONS AND
THAT WILL FOREVER MAKE US PROUD

END OF ENGLISH TEXT/DEBUT DU TEXTE FRANCAIS

OBJET : MESSAGE DU CEMD POUR LE JOUR DU SOUVENIR

1. PENDANT DES GENERATIONS, LES MILITAIRES CANADIENS, HOMMES ET
FEMMES, ONT MONTRE LEUR ENGAGEMENT ET LEUR VOLONTE DE SE BATTRE
LORSQUE NECESSAIRE POUR PROTEGER NOS INTERETS ET NOS VALEURS
2. EN CE JOUR DE SOUVENIR ET DE COMMEMORATION, LES ACTES HEROIQUES
ACCOMPLIS PAR LES MILITAIRES CANADIENS DU PASSE NE PEUVENT QUE NOUS
INSPIRER ALORS QUE NOUS AFFRONTONS LES DEFIS D AUJOURD HUI
3. CE FUT UNE ANNEE NOTABLE POUR LES FORCES CANADIENNES, TOUT COMME
1917 L A ETE POUR UNE GENERATION ANTERIEURE
4. A LA CRETE DE VIMY, QUATRE DIVISIONS DU CORPS CANADIEN, QUI
TRAVAILLAIENT ENSEMBLE POUR LA PREMIERE FOIS, SE SONT BATTUES AVEC
DETERMINATION ET BRAVOURE CONTRE UN ENNEMI DECIDE
5. BEAUCOUP CONSIDERENT QUE LA BATAILLE DE VIMY A MARQUE UN TOURNANT
DANS L HISTOIRE DU CANADA : VIMY EST LE LIEU OU L HEROISME ET LA
BRAVOURE DE NOS SOLDATS FURENT RECONNUS PAR LES CANADIENS ET PAR NOS
ALLIES
6. EN AFGHANISTAN, AILLEURS DANS LE MONDE, PARTOUT SUR LE CONTINENT
NORD AMERICAIN ET DANS NOTRE PAYS, VOTRE TRAVAIL FAIT ECHO AU
COURAGE ET A LA TENACITE DE CEUX QUI VOUS ONT PRECEDES IL Y A
PRESQUE 90 ANS
7. VOUS TRAVAILLEZ POUR LA PRESERVATION DE NOTRE MODE DE VIE
8. VOUS COMBATTEZ POUR PROTEGER LES PRINCIPES EN LESQUELS NOUS
CROYONS TOUS
9. VOUS SERVEZ EN TANT QUE CANADIENS
10. IL N Y A AUCUN DOUTE QUE CETTE ANNEE A ETE DIFFICILE POUR CHACUN
D ENTRE VOUS. EN TANT QUE CHEF D ETAT MAJOR DE LA DEFENSE, JE NE
PEUX QU ETRE FIER DU TRAVAIL QUE VOUS AVEZ FAIT POUR LE CANADA
11. VOS EFFORTS SE FONT SENTIR PARTOUT DANS CE GRAND PAYS. D UN
OCEAN A L AUTRE, LES CANADIENS PORTENT LE ROUGE POUR APPUYER VOTRE
TRAVAIL
12. MAIS CE SIMPLE HOMMAGE, FAIT EN CETTE PERIODE DE L ANNEE, DONNE
AUSSI AUX CANADIENS UNE RAISON DE REFLECHIR A L HERITAGE QUE NOUS
ONT LAISSE VOS PREDECESSEURS
13. LE 11 NOVEMBRE, QUE VOUS SOYEZ DEVANT UN CENOTAPHE A L AIR VIF
DE L AUTOMNE OU DEVANT LE MONUMENT CANADIEN AU TERRAIN D AVIATION DE
KANDAHAR, JE SAIS QUE VOUS ALLEZ PENSER A VOS CAMARADES ET A VOS
AMIS QUI ONT FAIT DE SI GRANDS SACRIFICES POUR DONNER AUX CANADIENS
LA LIBERTE DONT ILS JOUISSENT AUJOURD HUI
14. JE SAIS AUSSI QUE VOS COEURS VONT SE JOINDRE AUX FAMILLES DES
MILITAIRES CANADIENS QUI ONT RECEMMENT PERDU UN ETRE CHER. PENDANT
TOUT CE TEMPS, ELLES ONT FAIT PREUVE D UNE DIGNITE, D UN ENGAGEMENT
ET D UNE GRACE QUI SONT UNE SOURCE D INSPIRATION POUR NOUS TOUS
15. COMME EUX, NOUS NE POUVONS NI NE DEVONS OUBLIER QUE NOS VETERANS
ONT PAYE UN PRIX ELEVE POUR NOTRE LIBERTE
16. C EST UN SACRIFICE DONT NOUS NOUS SOUVIENDRONS PENDANT DES
GENERATIONS ET DONT NOUS SERONS TOUJOURS FIERS

BT

[Saskanna]

OK, Testing....

[Saskanna]

Hey, it worked. I"ve had problems attempting to change my Avatar. This time it worked. HOORAH.