Disgraceful!!

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  1. Devlin

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    Today marks the 90th Anniversary of The Battle of the somme, which was the bloodiest battle of any war of all time, and because England are playing in the world cup today it is getting 90% of TV coverage, Wimbledon is getting about 5% and the rest is "dedicated" to 125,000 men killed in this particular battle, which was ment to end world war 1, this shows that people now are putting too much emphasis on sport, rather than the lives of innocent men, I personally think this is wrong...very wrongMy great grandfather actually survived the battle, but he got shrapnel in his head and survived...
     
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    I guess this would be a bigger deal if we all lived in england..
     
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    Well 125,000 men dead is 125,000 less from the world, 20,000 killed on teh first day were irish, 100,000 were english and 25,000 were french...I think remembering them is more important than a lousy football match...
     
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    I'm sure people care but why would people watch whatever it is? What is it anyway?
     
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    We live in a society dominated by entertainment. That means movies, TV shows, and sports. Things like this tend to go unnoticed.And can you really say it's a bad thing? I dno't want to remember that kind of thing
     
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    What do you expect. Its just the way things are these days. The Wrold Cup is one of the biggest sports events of the year. Dont deny you wouldnt rather watch sports or something rather than a memorial for the battle on tv.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (iversonfan268 @ Jul 1 2006, 09:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>What do you expect. Its just the way things are these days. The Wrold Cup is one of the biggest sports events of the year. Dont deny you wouldnt rather watch sports or something rather than a memorial for the battle on tv.</div>I would rather watch a puppy get violeted rathe rthan watcha soccer match...Plus I find all that stuff interesting...
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Young Cus @ Jul 1 2006, 03:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I would rather watch a puppy get violeted rathe rthan watcha soccer match...Plus I find all that stuff interesting...</div>I meant like something you enjoy watching.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Young Cus @ Jul 1 2006, 03:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I would rather watch a puppy get violeted rathe rthan watcha soccer match...Plus I find all that stuff interesting...</div>Well you are one of the very, very few. No one cares. :dribble:
     
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    JW How many americans died in WW1 ?
     
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    I don't know, people die, we have a memorial day but why would I want to see a memorial on TV than the biggest sporting event in the world? Blame tennis for taking that extra 5%.
     
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    Ive been watching tennis actually, cause they don't show the memorial and history stuff cause of the footbal, ENGLAND GOT PUT OUT :yahoo: a lot of civilians were killed which tipped america into joining the war in Europe, I do hope you all knew that.
     
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    think of 125,000 dead as 125,000 people in heaven. dont you want them in heaven?
     
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    They didn't necessarily all go to heaven.<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Young Cus @ Jul 1 2006, 06:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>ENGLAND GOT PUT OUT :yahoo:</div>F*ck you dude
     
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    120,000 isnt the bloodiest battle ever. I know 400,000 people died in gettyburg alone, and that wasnt even the biggest battle of the civil war, much less the entire worlds history.
     
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    Well good for you for caring. Those people would be proud. Here's a cookie![​IMG]
     

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