Comments on frog ponds rock...: Anzac Day.. (A post written drunk..)

Yeah, good post. I reckon most of the old soldiers...

2008-05-15T10:18:00.000+10:00

Yeah, good post.

I reckon most of the old soldiers would cringe at the way we venerate the deeds performed during war, and how the veneration of this has become somehow a time to party and get pissed, while ostensibly being patriotic.

I too watched a bit of the service from Villers Brettoneux, but switched off the one in Australia where we saw the politicians getting their face on telly.

I think that quiet reflection is more appropriate than these public displays of the "look at me i'm proud to be Australian" type, which is how I perceive the manner in which many choose to commemorate occasions such as this.

Me and the missus went to the Australian memorial in France a few years back and it was very moving to be there when there were no others around, just us, the cold wind, the silent crosses with moving inscriptions, and the ghosts of the past. This experience transformed the way I choose to view the remembrance of those, and for me it is quite a private thing, not a public display of patriotism or flag waving.

:)Let that alcohol course through your veins.

2008-05-08T20:26:00.000+10:00

:)

Let that alcohol course through your veins.

well written..taz

2008-04-26T16:00:00.000+10:00

well written..

taz

You should write your posts drunk more often! I ag...

2008-04-26T13:45:00.000+10:00

You should write your posts drunk more often!

I agree with every word. I always feel very 'not really here' on ANZAC day, and it is always a time of quiet reflection. It means more to me than any religious holiday, that's for sure. I felt really weird this year, because I didn't attend a service. I chose not to, but now I regret it. I watched the one in France on telly though, and had a little cry when they bugled the last post.

It's definitely a strange concept though: celebrating defeat and loss. It's what makes us 'us'.

I'm with XBox in that yours is the only ANZAC post...

2008-04-26T05:18:00.000+10:00

I'm with XBox in that yours is the only ANZAC post I felt compelled to leave a comment on. You echoed my sentiments and articulated them far more eloquently than I ever could have Kim (maybe I should have had more alcohol). This is EXACTLY what it is to be an Australian - you rock sister :)

I decided earlier not to post a comment on any ANZ...

2008-04-26T03:16:00.000+10:00

I decided earlier not to post a comment on any ANZAC day posts as, well, it's too solemn for my half arsedness to be messing up.

But Kimberly, I fucking LOVE this entry.

This is blogging.

cheers love!

2008-04-25T23:17:00.000+10:00

cheers love!