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Totally OT!! Armistice/Vets day

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  1. Life's a [censored], human's hate each other, everyone wants what the
    other has, yet the west has developed the concept of Human Rights, and
    their citizens have shown up, and died for liberty and freedom,
    voluntarily for a century now.
    Doesn't matter what your political take is, those folks manning the
    thin line let you decide what society we have. Stop spitting on them
    and salute their sacrifice, they only do what the people YOU elect
    tell them to, even if they disagree. You really don't want troops who
    decide when, and where to show up.
    We give, and have given, so you have the freedom to build a better
    society for all of us, without external pressure.
    Honor us, by keeping the Bill of Rights, and the Canadian Charter.
    Bill C

  2. On Nov 11, 8:45 pm, Bill C <[email hidden]> wrote:

    http://tinyurl.com/2p7fjl

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    Unsurprisingly, veterans who had been awarded medals tended to rate
    themselves higher for qualities like leadership, adventurousness and
    adaptability. Results became more intriguing when researchers divided
    medal earners into two groups: those who enlisted ("eager heroes"😉 and
    those who were drafted ("reluctant heroes"😉. The reluctant heroes
    scored higher than any other group in selflessness and working well
    with others.

    The study suggests that quiet heroes rely on a deep sense of duty and
    esprit de corps as opposed to derring-do. That sentiment was echoed by
    several of the medal-earning veterans interviewed separately for this
    story.

    To a man, they downplayed any notion of heroism.

    Bill C

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