To me, next to attending funerals, Remembrance Day observations are next on my list of things you should make sure you attend.

Because of my son’s involement with Air Cadets and my involvement with the police, I get to go to two of them. My son’s was on Sunday and I’m going to another one tomorrow.

Why I’m blogging tonight is because of the minister’s address on Sunday. His premise was that because of the different views that people have on wars, present and past, he questionned whether or not our fallen members were really ‘heroes’ or were they instead the tragic cost of society’s evil.

I am really trying to see his point of view but I find myself coming up short. Quite frankly, I was livid when I heard him speak.

I believe that when we consider the selfless and courageous lives of those who have served, are presently serving, or fell in service, it would be callous and selfish of me to not take time and honour their sacrifice. Even if they survived the war, they fell prey to the damage and trauma of what they observed and experienced.

My conscience and sense of civic duty and pride cannot go without not only honouring their service, but also heralding and championing their cause, their commitment, and their personal cost.

I wish to shamelessly and unabashedly thank the ‘heroes’ who have valiantly sacrificed their lives in order to support, protect, and ensure the freedoms that we have today.

God bless them all.

That IS what I think!

Craig