Around Azeroth: For the fallen
by Elizabeth Wachowski 
Jun 1st 2010 at 10:00AM
Yesterday was Memorial Day in the United States. For those of our readers on the other side of the pond, Memorial Day is a holiday to honor all who have died fighting for their country. Submitter Christopher decided to remember his old friend, a dwarf hunter, by bringing a beer and an old rifle to decorate his grave. To all veterans, from all countries, thank you for your service.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Tirrimas Jun 1st 2010 10:04AM
/salute
kevinblack16 Jun 1st 2010 10:09AM
"For those of our readers on the other side of the pond, Memorial Day is .." or across your northern border. However, I'm sure you assumed we know about your holidays. ;)
Jade Jun 1st 2010 10:12AM
We tend to assume Canadians are polite and erudite and have vast and deep reserves of wisdom and knowledge.
/salute
Duulket Jun 1st 2010 10:35AM
While I don't assume you know all of our holidays I do know that on our calenders we have not only our holidays but Canada's and some of Mexico's as well.
Yeng Jun 1st 2010 11:05AM
Hey, we know about your Boxing day and Polar Bear Appreciation day, you should know about our Memorial day.
kevinblack16 Jun 1st 2010 1:50PM
lol. Polar Bear Appreciation day. They are da epix.
Boxing Day is an incredible day, I'm glad you're aware of it. It is a glorious day where we spend the money/giftcards our family and friends presented to us as a gift over Christmas on greatly reduced in price goods like TVs, BlueRay Players, shoes, sporting equipment, etc, etc, etc. However, I digress.
/salute to your fallen as well as our own.
Xerous Jun 1st 2010 2:21PM
Ass-out-of-you-and-me
Ozzard Jun 1st 2010 11:51AM
Whereas the British have Remembrance Day on November 11th. I remember all of those who have died due to conflict: armed or civilian; grizzled veteran or malnourished orphan; peacekeeper, liberator, resistance fighter, terrorist or freedom fighter. May their memories - and the awareness of the true horrors of war - live on.
Now bring on the downvotes from all the jingoistic nationalists out there!
macster Jun 1st 2010 11:57AM
I'm British, and I'm downvoting this. Playing one-upmanship with remembrance days? Not cool.
Squatstopee Jun 1st 2010 1:55PM
DVd for saying to mourn terrorists.... Blasphemy, my CO was killed by mortar fire from a terrorist...
splodesondeath Jun 1st 2010 6:00PM
@ Squatstopee
Don't forget that terrorists aren't only the ones in current media, e.g. Islamic fundamentalists. For example, in the Algerian War, there were French Algerians who were slaughtering innocent Algerians just as well as those Algerians were slaughtering Frenchmen.
Technically, the Boston Tea Party folks who blew up the boat (if my memory of American history serves, I'm in Canada) were terrorists too.
Terrorism is about getting attention for your cause through violence and terror.
I mourn for your CO nevertheless. Terrorism is the wrong method, but it still can elicit heroism for some.
Rubitard Jun 1st 2010 12:25PM
Do we really need to tell folks outside the USA what our holidays are anymore? I mean, they tend to know more about America than us locals do. They can even find it on a map!
Jay Jun 1st 2010 7:35PM
Unlike Americans who tend to think Australia is somewhere near Germany.
Cyberios Jun 2nd 2010 12:24PM
The Boston Tea party did not blow up the boat, they dumped all the tea overboard, and then they cleaned up the boat and then went on their way
Endless Jun 3rd 2010 6:36AM
To everyone who died thinking they're defending their country - regardless of the fact they were fighting for supranational banking trusts, arms dealers, oil companies and other parasites of our society.
To everyone who died - fighting or otherwise - when foreign armies from the other side of the world invaded their country under the mask of self-defense.
/salute