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What past can be learnt from, Howard?
That Christ taught us to love one another, and then countries went to war?
Wars are often happening, and it seems many in the world simply will not learn.
So no, I have nothing to learn from a WW memorial, my belief being, we must not get involved in other people's wars. Forget the past, it's a lesson we need to learn for the present and the future.
Life is too precious to fling it away for somebody else's war!
Surely we don't want a young lad going to the memorial in 10 years time and saying: there's dad's name, he died in the Middle East in 2013.
Hence, let's remember that the war with Germany is over, and while I love listening to Colonel Bogey played by a British band blowing the brass and smashing away at drums and tamburines, I don't forget that there was a war or two, but don't really need to be reminded either.