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I find it pretty easy to get annoyed about people raising money for a bunch of hired killers who volunteered to murder anyone in front of them in Britain’s various illegal and immoral wars.
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I assume you have never been to the arboretum? They have memorials to all sorts, RNLI, Fire and Rescue, Nurses, Shot at Dawn etc. Majority of people remembered there are probably conscripts. The experience's I have had there (it's local to me) have mainly been of it as a testament to the futility of war and the colossal waste of life rather than a celebration of it.
greentricky
I'm no fan of militaries or unnecessarily loud motorbikes but it's hard to get annoyed about people meeting up and raising money for a essentially a big place to remember those who have, probably needlessly, died for this stupid country.