> Just because it's respected in your country does that mean that no 
> one
> else can object

No problems with people objecting.
I certainly didn't mean to upset you or anyone else over this.
The problem was that you misunderstood what I wrote - I could easily 
have been clearer. I wrote it the way I did to interest people. If 
you'd read through it you would probably have realised that it was not 
about religion. If you had googled on any of the word combinations I 
suggested you would have immediately found out what it was about. I 
had thought that mention of Winston Churchill would provide a large 
clue to many people.

> What if I were German, or any other nationality that suffered losses 
> on
> the other side?

The GREAT thing about the ANZAC day commemorations is that the Turks 
share the event with us. Thousands of people from NZ and Australia go 
to Turkey each year to visit the site. They are welcomed as friends. 
Out of a meeting as enemies has come an opportunity for greater 
understanding.
Also, the German people and British people and NZers and Australians 
and others together celebrate and remember the things that happened in 
both world wars. The great thing there is that we have together 
learned something from the experience.

> What if I were Muslim?

Many (not all by any means) of the Turks are Muslim. Some of those who 
celebrate the memory with us *are* Muslim.  We celebrate this memory 
together, as friends.

> ANZAC Day - April 25th
> DOES ANYONE THINK THE PICLIST IS THE PLACE FOR THIS?

Please be a little careful here. Remember that your original objection 
was that (you thought) the post was about religion. It wasn't. I'm 
sorry that I gave you that impression.That has now been cleared up. 
The post was labelled OT and also fwiw WOT as an extra warning. OT 
gets all sorts of interesting things on it (currently NZ Police 
viewing porn, instructions on how to do drugs in blue light, and how 
to make a fire using a chocolate bar and a coke can)(none of which, I 
may add, I have commented on :-) ). I would hope that you would agree 
that interesting information on a day of great national significance 
to Australians, NZers, Turks (and also UKites, Canadians and more) 
would rank above some of these other OT topics.

Several other people have already said that they are pleased to have 
seen comment on this subject. So, yes. Some think this is an OK place 
for it. The nature of OT here is that people can take or leave it as 
they wish. As long as it's not offensive, as described in the FAQ, it 
has a greater or lesser place.


        Russell McMahon 

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