If memory still serves me, there was an old Monty Python skit re some Aussie outback society where all the members seated at the table were alll named Bruce; the Brit audience thought it was very funny, but I'm not sure I got it.
Well it's a bit late but Happy ANZAC Day to the Aussies!
You know, in regards to the "Greatest Generation", for us it will mean something because they are our Grandparents and Parents. But to future generations? To them, World War II will just be another part of history, as alien to them as the Napoleonic War is to us. If we had relations we knew of in the Napoleonic Era, we'd be saying the same thing, thinking them "The Greatest Generation". I thought about this when the Reverend on November 11th said "we shall never forget." I thought to myself "we won't but future generations will."
It's sad but life does go on.
But you know, the WWII vets are lucky and in a way, so are the vets that fell in both WWII and The Great War. Why you ask? Simple. They'll atleast won't be criticised for what they did like we don't criticise other conflicts. They'll still have a respect in a way. But our generations? We'll always be criticised for our arrogance, our greed, our lifestyles.
