写在Remembrance Day ：难忘的记忆

向华山派致敬！😑

[如果你是跟9楼一样的，领福利者，你的人品才有问题，我们是纳税人，不欠加拿大的，如果你跟9楼一样拿福利说事，那我只能说你人品很卑劣，儿不嫌母丑，而你为了多两个钱，领两个福利，就认贼作父，有奶便是娘 我想和19楼的作者讨论一下！ 你如何知道9楼的是领福利者？而且即便是领福利者，怎么就认贼作父了？你说儿不嫌母丑，那末谁是你的母那？应该是中国母亲吧！那你为什么抛弃她，跑到加拿大来了? 真是“正人君子”，无耻之徒！ 我真希望我的同胞们，能好好的讨论一个问题，而不是相互谩骂，互相攻击！每个人都有自己的世界观，都可以发表自己的观点。你如果不同意，说出你自己的就行了，没必要攻击比别人！

首先, 楼主在写文章的时候, 要尽量更多的了解历史背景. 小红花主要是为了纪念第一次世界大战阵亡的军人. 我刚来的时候也想戴一朵, 但是同事提醒一次世界大战中八国联军侵略中国, 火烧园明园, 大量的中国人被屠杀, 大量的国宝被掠夺, 就象日本的精国神社, 如果你在日本, 会去纪念吗? 我认为不论你怎么样想的, 纪念也罢, 不纪念也罢, 不要发表这种会被拍砖的文章. 至于加拿大福利的问题, 希望其他人也不要拿来说事, 大部分移民过来的人是施而不是受, 因为你所得到的福利仅仅是你交税的一小部分.

对，我们是纳税人不欠加拿大的；就是看不惯那些胸口带个小红花的中国移民，猪鼻子插两根葱就以为自己是加拿大人啊？ 人家一篇Too Asian就把你扫地出门，这回爽了，闹半天在人家眼里你就一Chinese；有种把皮扒了，不过即便如此在人家眼里你还是Chinese！

不知道为什么有些人火气怎么大，这有一篇介绍Remembrance Day 的英文文章，不知道能不能让某些人quiet down. 但也有可能火上浇油。But anyway, listen to the music and read the original poem In Flanders Field. Life is precious regardless who and where we are. Lest We Forget A friend sent me a video last November. It was Amazing Grace sung by Il Divo at the Roman Colosseum in Pula, Croatia. I fell in love with it right away. After I forwarded it to my other friends, they all came back with the same feedback: deeply touched and awed. Again it is approaching this special day for 2010. As usual, I turned on my favourite. With the music slowly starting, Lest We Forget, the words noted in my friend's email, naturally resurfaced. Toward the end of October and up to November 11 every year, small red poppy flowers begin to blossom on the collars or lapels of millions of Canadians, marking the beginning of a journey back into the past and reflection of the present. Ironically, while opium which is extracted from poppy flower is widely regarded as illegal drugs, the flower itself is worn to commemorate those who died in War in Canada, US, UK, Australia, New Zealand and other Commonwealth countries. "How could that be?" I asked myself and did a quick search on the Internet. "Wow, it did have a long and heart broken history." The international adoption of the Poppy as a symbol of Remembrance in Canada and the Commonwealth nations could be traced back to Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae, a Canadian Medical Officer during the World War I. Upon witnessing the death of fellow soldiers and especially a good friend in the battles near Ypres, Belgium, the area traditionally called Flanders, he wrote a famous poem "In Flanders Fields" to express his anguish over the loss of his friend and a reflection of his surroundings – wild Poppies growing amid simple wooden crosses marking makeshift graves. Little did he know then that these 15 lines would become enshrined in the innermost thoughts and hearts of all soldiers who hear them. Through his words, the scarlet Poppy quickly became the symbol for soldiers who died in battle. The beautiful bagpipe resounded throughout the whole house as I browsed through the poppy flower origin. Over the next few days this Scottish instrument will be heard so many times in public with a brief rest at 11:00 a.m. this Thursday. At that moment, people across Canada and British Commonwealth will observe 2 minutes of silence, a reminiscence of the end of World War I at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 with the German signing of the Armistice. The official ceremonies will be held across all continents on this day as called Remembrance Day in Canada and Commonwealth countries and Veterans Day in US. Holding a cup of hot coffee, I looked through the French door onto the vast ravine covered with a thin layer of whitish frost. Suddenly I recalled my visit to several war memorials in the past like Huaihai Campaign Martyr’s Memorial Tower Garden in Xuzhou, China, The Australian War Memorial in Canberra, Australia, National War Memorial in Ottawa, Canada, and Arlington National Cemetery in Washington D.C. in US. Every time I stood still and speechless within the massive emptiness, feeling nothing but deep sorrow, haunting silence, and deadly beauty. The quartet's magnetic voice flowed into my ear again. Thoughtfully I settled myself comfortably into a couch while sipping the coffee. We will never have a future if we don't remember the past. And we can never live up to a future if we don't know how to appreciate the peace and joy of life now. "To all who scacrificed their lives for what we have always taken for granted." I raised my half empty cup in the air, "Lest We Forget!" Amazing Grace http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYMLMj-SibU In Flanders Fields http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsOsdGtBBTg In Flanders Fields by John McCrae In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.

强烈建议加拿大政府把那些天天骂着这里的人轰回他们热爱的地方,口里一来就骂人,这样的货在这里太恶心!你们别在这里给你爹妈丢人现眼.更重要的是也给中国丢脸.如果国家知道你们这样的痞子在海外干这个,不会把你当成赤字. 一个不知感恩的人永远也不会理解善良和爱心.我不是有人说的轮子,只是希望有这样孩子的父母把他们教养好在放出来!! 别指望他们父母了, 有其父必有其子......这是放之四海的真理, 看看隔壁那篇, 说一些华裔老人的不道德行为, 那些个后代气急败坏的样子. 所以报应啊, 几十年后他们的后代又将赴后尘了. 加拿大真是招谁惹谁了..唉...