Comments on: A coal mining ditty

By: StephenR

StephenR — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:16:20 +0000

There has been the odd protest by either the communist party/communists and the Worker’s Party..

By: frog

frog — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:34:26 +0000

BB - I’m not sure who you thought would be protesting today or for what. It is not a traditional day for anyone to protest is it? Besides, we were there at the ceremonies like everyone else, paying our respects. See my amateur photo of Russel at the National War Memorial this morning. (Next post) Lest we forget.

By: jh

jh — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:34:53 +0000

Congrats to Tom Hay for this letter to the Press:

Little in common
It is hard to hold entrepreneurial
estate agents in high regard, especially those of Mr Mike Mowbray’s ilk (April 12), who dingo-like infiltrate Lyttelton for the rich pickings around our harbour scenery. [Good!]
Although The Press has done a thorough job denigrating seamens’ and watersiders’ unions, for Mowbray to equate watersiders with prostitutes is not only offensive but inaccurate.
I doubt that there is one local-based call-girl in Lyttelton, although the same could not be said ofChristchurch.
The only thing that prostitutes and watersiders had in common was the train that took both to the ships.
…………………
ps what’$ going on at Black Head Poncy Parker?

By: big bro

big bro — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:24:31 +0000

Fair point, it is a place that I do want to visit but I could not ever see myself being there on Anzac day.
One day soon I will visit Anzac cove and pay my own quite respects without the commercial or “concert” style circus.

By: jh

jh — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:15:20 +0000

I was perhaps (mainly) thinking of all the young people flocking to Galipoli Peninsula to be “in on it”. ANZAC day isn’t really presented as a remembrance day for those who served in WW2(?).

By: big bro

big bro — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:50:41 +0000

If that is your opinion then you are of course entitled to it, many of the heroes are indeed dead but many are still with us.
I am not sure that “posing” is the way I would describe the thousands who turn out to show their respect to the living AND the dead.
Not sure that the Iran /Iraq war has got anything to do with it either, today is about remembering those who fought for our country.

By: jh

jh — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:36:46 +0000

I think we need a sense of perspective(just looking at the level of the individual): the Iran Iraq war went on for 8? years; the Iraqis didn’t stand a show against the Americans and many were just poor shmucks sent out to fight etc, etc.

By: jh

jh — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:25:50 +0000

I said protest would have been dumb and mused over what it could have been about.
Of course we didn’t take the Galipoli Peninsula. It was a long time ago; my father was a POW WW2 (Japan) and he is dead. I tend to think there is a lot of modern day posing over ANZAC day. The heroes are dead.

By: big bro

big bro — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:05:10 +0000

I hope that I have taken your post in the wrong way, if not it is in extremely bad taste.

By: jh

jh — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:44:16 +0000

Kind of implied someone was going to protest and they would be active Green Party members…….. and if it were it would have been dumb.. were it was what would it have been about …Afghanistan (the SAS)? Rape in war?…. Subjugation of the Tuhoe Nation (King Tama)?……. Sholam and Shipton… Thank God we took the Galipolli Peninsula to make the world safe for democracy.
Tooting sound…