I hate to be an ass, but stop "thanking me for my service on Memorial Day"

[zeemike]

9. Well I am one of those vets that are irritated by the thanking ritual we have.

But then I was a vet when the military was conscripted...and those that served did so because they thought it was their duty to serve...and you should never thank people for doing what their duty is....and the doors of that duty don't want to be thanked for it....at least I don't.

After and during WW2 no one went around thanking service men for their service ...and because of that we had a more humane military because it was drawn from the general population and most people are humane...and so we did not use torture as a tool....and did not piss on the dead....and did not record and share the horrors of war with our friends as if it were some game they were playing.
In fact I had a father in WW1....and two brothers in WW2....and they never told war stories and never acted like they did some great things and that you should know about it....in fact I only learned that my father fought and was wounded in the Battle of Belleau Woods in Franc....in fact they did not see themselves as heroes but just as men doing their duty...A concept we have lost altogether and in it's place is put a cult of heroes.

Bring back the draft...and restore the honer to the service of country.