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Should Britain celebrate WW1 start?

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    Should Britain celebrate WW1 start?

    Germany intervenes in WW1 commemoration debate - Telegraph

    What do you think?
    11
    Yes - lets support Churchill's poppy project
    36.36%
    4
    No - we should improve relations
    36.36%
    4
    Celebrate the birth of andyw's mum in 1914.
    27.27%
    3

    #2
    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
    We need to commemorate the war. Whether commemorating is celebrating is a question for others...
    merely at clientco for the entertainment

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      #3
      Why celebrate start of the war?!?!

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        #4
        Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
        Germany has intervened in the debate over how to mark the centenary of the First World War, with a call for Britain not to make its commemorations too celebratory.
        This seems like a reasonable request.

        Commemorate if you want, but celebrate? Surely not...

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          #5
          What's to celebrate about WW1? WW2, sure - defeat of Nazism. But WW1 - which led to Nazism?
          Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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            #6
            Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
            What's to celebrate about WW1? WW2, sure - defeat of Nazism. But WW1 - which led to Nazism?
            It wasn't WW1 that lead to Nazism but the decisions afterwards to punish Germany.
            merely at clientco for the entertainment

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              #7
              Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
              What's to celebrate about WW1? WW2, sure - defeat of Nazism. But WW1 - which led to Nazism?
              I think some want to remember the senseless loss of life. And some to dredge up the past to cover up what a mess this country is in.

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                #8
                Originally posted by eek View Post
                It wasn't WW1 that lead to Nazism but the decisions afterwards to punish Germany.
                In fact you can go further back. WW1 was caused by Napoleon's legacy therefore, WW1 and WW2 was indirectly caused by the French.
                "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Paddy View Post
                  In fact you can go further back. WW1 was caused by Napoleon's legacy therefore, WW1 and WW2 was indirectly caused by the French.
                  If we are blaming the French we can go back to 1066
                  merely at clientco for the entertainment

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by eek View Post
                    If we are blaming the French we can go back to 1066
                    I blame the romans. What did they ever do for us?

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