Funeral march for agony's last edge.
WORLD LEADERS ATTEND WWI CENTENARY EVENTS
REMEMBRANCE AND LEARNING THE LESSONS THE MAIN THEME
"MOST ENDURING LEGACY IS OUR LIBERTY," SAYS DAVID CAMERON. "WE MUST NEVER FORGET."
KEY QUOTES:
"When you think that almost every family, almost every community was affected, almost a million British people were lost in this war, it is right that even 100 years on, we commemorate it, we think about it and we mark it properly." -- David Cameron.
“The first world war will serve as a reminder of the brutality of conflict for generations to come and a reminder to those in power to avoid entering war unless it is absolutely necessary.” -- Ed Miliband.
"Thanks for fucking up the Boche while we got our shit together Belgium." -- Prince William.
"I think a curse should rest on me — because I love this war. I know it's smashing and shattering the lives of thousands every moment — and yet — I can't help it — I enjoy every second of it." -- Winston Churchill
In other news:
Fighting in Libya rages three years after Western intervention
Fighting in Iraq rages eleven years after Western intervention
Insurgency in Afghanistan continues thirteen years after Western intervention, recount in disputed presidential election goes on
Fighting in Gaza rages as politicians umm and arr over what is and isn't disproportionate at the same time as resupplying the Israeli military
REMINDER:
Turn your lights out tonight between 10 and 11 to demonstrate your depth of feeling for the sacrifice made by those who fought to secure our freedom. If you find your attempts to knock yourself out aren't working, please tweet @lightsoutcompliance with your location and a NHS-sanctioned unconsciousness consultant will visit to ensure your conformity with this entirely voluntary and by no means redundant gesture.
REMEMBRANCE AND LEARNING THE LESSONS THE MAIN THEME
"MOST ENDURING LEGACY IS OUR LIBERTY," SAYS DAVID CAMERON. "WE MUST NEVER FORGET."
KEY QUOTES:
"When you think that almost every family, almost every community was affected, almost a million British people were lost in this war, it is right that even 100 years on, we commemorate it, we think about it and we mark it properly." -- David Cameron.
“The first world war will serve as a reminder of the brutality of conflict for generations to come and a reminder to those in power to avoid entering war unless it is absolutely necessary.” -- Ed Miliband.
"Thanks for fucking up the Boche while we got our shit together Belgium." -- Prince William.
"I think a curse should rest on me — because I love this war. I know it's smashing and shattering the lives of thousands every moment — and yet — I can't help it — I enjoy every second of it." -- Winston Churchill
In other news:
Fighting in Libya rages three years after Western intervention
Fighting in Iraq rages eleven years after Western intervention
Insurgency in Afghanistan continues thirteen years after Western intervention, recount in disputed presidential election goes on
Fighting in Gaza rages as politicians umm and arr over what is and isn't disproportionate at the same time as resupplying the Israeli military
REMINDER:
Turn your lights out tonight between 10 and 11 to demonstrate your depth of feeling for the sacrifice made by those who fought to secure our freedom. If you find your attempts to knock yourself out aren't working, please tweet @lightsoutcompliance with your location and a NHS-sanctioned unconsciousness consultant will visit to ensure your conformity with this entirely voluntary and by no means redundant gesture.
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