Remembrance Day has become a form of vulgar conditioning, used by the military-minded to ready the public for the next conflict, argues Binoy Kampmark.
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By calling Armistice Day on November 11 “Remembrance Day” we miss the point. The original Armistice Day in 1918 was a day of joy, celebrating the end of a hugely bloody war. As one newspaper at the time described it: “Whole country goes wild with joy at news of peace”.
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