Armed Forces Day

[steakbake]

Respect for the job the armed forces do is one thing. Trying to generate public adulation of it while it marches down a city street in a parade is quite another.

I guess I'm pssing in the wind with my objection to it for as much as we have bleeding heart liberals like me, we also have their far more right wing (but dont event realise it) counterparts who would think this sort of thing is marvellous, harmless fun. It doesn't surprise me that the Sun is behind this.

I always thought that military parades, flypasts and public expressions of adulation of the military was something best left to banana republics and oppressive regimes.