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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
So.........its okay if others die for your country, and way of life.
You are satisfied to sit back and reap the benefits without worrying about sacrificing anything.
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Nobody died for 'a way of life' they died to defend the country from invasion. If you think the British soldiers in WWII joined up because of patriotism of lofty ideals, you're highly misinformed. In WWI and WWII they didn't have a choice, they were conscripted. Our standing army, even after 1939 was too small to defend the country, so conscription was used.
We don't have that now, but then again we don't really have any wars that are worth fighting now (unless you call that thing in the desert a war).
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No problem. We have the same sorts here.
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You mean "Conscientious Objectors"? Because if you were trying for a veiled insult, it really was rather weak.
EDIT: Oh, and by the by, I find it highly insulting that you would even assume that I sit back and enjoy my life on the deaths of those that came before me. That's not only insulting to me, its insulting to my relatives who died on the fields of Ipres and the Somme, who died fighting against the fascist Franco in Spain and on the beaches at Normandy. You dishonor all their memories by assuming that I come to my pacifism from anything other than respect for those who have died.
Here's something my grandfather used to tell me:
Bullets only ever did two things. Lined the pockets of rich men and the coffins of the poor.