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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Dowding on September 13, 2001, 03:54:00 PM
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A crowd of 35,000 gathered outside Buckingham Palace to pay their respects.
Unprecedented gesture (http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_1542000/1542446.stm)
Also, tommorow there is to be a minute silence in most towns across Britain.
Like our Prime Minister says, we stand 'Shoulder to Shoulder' against those responsible.
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[ 09-13-2001: Message edited by: Dowding ]
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Wow
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These cerimonies aren't being percieved as merely gestures. They are acts of solidarity.
This type of scene goes to great lengths to strengthen resolve and help everyone focus on the task at hand.
Say thankyou to everyone you know Dowding... from me and everyone I know.
AKDejaVu
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Thanks Dowding. Words can't express...
[ 09-13-2001: Message edited by: Sandman_SBM ]
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Dowding,
Thank you. These actions speak so much more eloquently than mere words in a speech.
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Mav
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Thanks for the heads up Dowding.
It means more than I can say.
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Many of us know how seriously you guys take the Changing of the Guard.
Thanks; a very nice and well-done gesture.
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Thank you for that information.
<S>
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Along the same line this was sent to me by a Canadian friend.
> THE UNITED STATES
> This, from a Canadian newspaper, is worth sharing.
>
> America: The Good Neighbor.
> Widespread but only partial news coverage was given recently to a
> remarkable
>
> editorial broadcast from Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian television
> commentator. What follows is the full text of his trenchant remarks as
> printed in the Congressional Record:
>
> "This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the Americans
> as the most generous and possibly the least appreciated people on all the
> earth.
> Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy were
> lifted out of the debris of war by the Americans who poured in
> billions of dollars and forgave other billions in debts. None of
> these countries is today paying even the interest on its
> remaining debts to the United States.
> When France was in danger of collapsing in 1956,
> it was the Americans who propped it up, and their reward was to be
> insulted
> and swindled on the streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it.
>
> When earthquakes hit distant cities, it is the United States that hurries
> in
>
> to help. This spring, 59 American communities were flattened by tornadoes.
> Nobody helped.
> The Marshall Plan and the Truman Policy pumped
> billions of dollars! into discouraged countries. Now newspapers
> in those countries are writing about the decadent, warmongering Americans.
>
> I'd like to see just one of those countries that
> is gloating over the erosion of the United States dollar build
> its own airplane. Does any other country in the world have a
> plane to equal the Boeing Jumbo Jet, the Lockheed Tri-Star, or the Douglas
> DC10? If so, why don't they fly them? Why do all the International lines
> except Russia fly American Planes?
>
> Why does no other land on earth even consider putting
> a man or woman on the moon? You talk about Japanese technocracy, and you
> get
>
> radios. You talk about German technocracy, and you get automobiles.
>
> You talk about American technocracy, and you find
> men on the moon -! not once, but several times -
> and safely home again.
>
> You talk about scandals, and the Americans put theirs right in
> the store window for everybody to look at. Even their
> draft-dodgers are not pursued and hounded. They are here on our streets,
> and
>
> most of them, unless they are breaking Canadian laws, are getting American
> dollars from ma and pa at home to spend here.
>
> When the railways of France, Germany and India were breaking down through
> age, it was the Americans who rebuilt
> them. When the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central went broke,
> nobody loaned them an old caboose. Both are still broke.
>
> I can name you 5000 times when the Americans raced to the help of other
> people in trouble. Can you name me even one time when someone else raced
> to
> the Americans in
> trouble? I don't think there was outside help even during the
> San Francisco earthquake.
>
> Our neighbors have faced it alone, and I'm one Canadian who is damned
> tired
> of hearing them get kicked around. They will come out of this thing with
> their flag high. And when they do, they are entitled to thumb their nose
> at
> the lands that are gloating over their present troubles. I hope Canada is
> not
> one of those."
>
> Stand proud, America!
>
>
>
>
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touched ,
ty I really felt this .
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Thanks Brits.
And thanks to all the other nations that are standing firm with us.
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I was extra proud to be British when I first read, and then saw on TV, about this gesture.
Salute to all!
Regards
Nexx
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Simply incredible. <S> to the British people and government for this incredible act.
Please let your friends and neighbors know our gratitude.
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I just saw the video on television...
Wow... to play the song that we created in our fight against your very own country.
We are united. We are brothers in arms and I love you all.
<S>
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I have to admit that made me a bit misty eyed. May there always be an England.
Charon
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Hey, I have a request. You guys did such a great job with that one, could we have one more? ... just in case Osama, the Taliban leaders, and Saddam are listening to BBC...
Do you think you could play an old George M. Cohan song, dedicated to Bin Laden, the Taliban and Hussein at the next Changing of the Guard?
Chorus goes like this:
"Over there, over there,
Send the word, send the word over there--
That the Yanks are coming,
The Yanks are coming,
The drums rum-tumming
Ev'rywhere.
So prepare, say a pray'r,
Send the word, send the word to beware.
We'll be over, we're coming over,
And we won't come back till it's over
Over there."
Won't be to Europe this time; we've got another locale in mind.
Thanks in advance!
[ 09-13-2001: Message edited by: Toad ]
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that was the 1st time in history that was done.... salute to the brits
does this mean england has forgiven us colonels for 1776 ???
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When I saw this on the news tonight, I must admit that it truly brought a tear to my eye.
Thank you people of the UK. You really touched not only my heart, but those of my fellow countrymen.
-math
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Dang forum bug...
But I guess I can add something relevant to this... Tomorrow has been declared a national day of mourning in Canada. The same type of ceremony will be taking place in our nation's capital. Kinda nice to see the world come together like this.
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Oh Lord......
Well i do notice(not laugh in the face of brits) they made a mistake New Yorker and Yankee is essitailly the same thing.
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Hobo... in Europe, I believe we are all Yanks.
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yes the televised coverage of this was very emotional Dowding
<S> GB
[ 09-14-2001: Message edited by: Eagler ]
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Today, Friday 14 September there was a 3 minute silence held at 11:00am BST (GMT+1) started by the Queen of England.
This would have been held at all government, military establishments, and all schools etc. in Great Britain, plus all the millions that wished to take part in this rememberance.
Salute all
Regards
Nexx
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Originally posted by Sandman_SBM:
Hobo... in Europe, I believe we are all Yanks.
yep
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We i still S! you all for this great deed of kindness. Even if you cant figure out that Yankees is derogatory name and should not be used.
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Derogatory? How so?
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Originally posted by Hobodog:
We i still S! you all for this great deed of kindness. Even if you cant figure out that Yankees is derogatory name and should not be used.
It's not derogatory for me it's just an other meaning of the word.
(just imagine that blue mean yellow for us)
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Today 13/9/2001 at 12:00 Rome timezone (11:00 GMT).
All activity has stopped and a silence has been mantained for 3 minutes for a remembrance and a pray for the lifes lost by the humankind.
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Originally posted by Hobodog:
We i still S! you all for this great deed of kindness. Even if you cant figure out that Yankees is derogatory name and should not be used.
It wasn't derogatory, it is a matter of slang - if you noticed it was signed 'Cockneys' which is a term used for real Londoners. i.e. their slang for Americans was signed by their slang for Londoners.
Regards
Nexx
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Yank isn't derogatory at all. It's an accolade. It's who we are.
We were Yanks in '18.
We were Yanks in '44.
We ARE Yanks.
Again, thanks to you lot!
<S>
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<S> the UK and its people!
I hope we really do stand together and watch as the enemies of justice and freedom are blown into tiny indistiguishable bits by cruise missiles and smart bombs...oh...and highly trained comandos.
[ 09-17-2001: Message edited by: zapkin ]
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It was derogartory only once in US history, during our civil war. The Rebels in the South called us that.
Today we call each other Yankees and Southern Rebels all the time in jokes. Hell, one of our baseball teams is called Yankees. Go ahead. Use it as often and as much as you like.
Back to the real issue here though. It seems Britain is definetly on our side, and may commit troops to any sort of war if one breaks out (thats iffy right now, with leanings towards there not being one...but...).
Its the rest of Europe that I am worried about. I hope that they don't forget us. The more people that show up for something like this, the better.
At least.....at least....help us with something else, like rebuilding the Trade Towers (controversial discussions, but we are having them).