>>81832261Sorry, its the Unknown Warriors*
Here's a few excerpts:
Now my opinion of to date, is I am absolutely disgusted with the way things
are turning out. There is no respect shown for people, the respect is for money not
people. The terrible murders that are committed, stabbings etc. The judges that are in
charge do not produce the right penalty to suit the crime, their penalty encourages the
crime. Sometimes those that are imprisoned are better off in than out. I am absolutely
disappointed in the country and sometimes wonder if it was worth all the suffering of a
war.
Problems seem to be resolved, by more and more legislation, instead of action at
the source. Our women today have been conned into going out to work, and they are
still required to do most of the chores as before, except the education of children. They
no longer seem to have the skills of cooking, how to discipline children, resulting in
junk food (no time for cooking) over-viewing of T.V and computers. The families are no
longer as close as we were. We notice on our many trips to the old battlefields how close
the Italian families are. The children of today are ill dressed, scruffy, and unable to
communicate. Not their fault.
What many veterans abhor, is the acceptance of homosexuality as the norm. It
goes against our Christian teachings, and in our youth it was a serious offense. We went
to war to defend our beloved country, our families and our faith.
Immigration became a big problem to the 'man in the street'. Charles often said
that his years in the Army and especially his friends lives, were wasted. He said "They
stole seven years of my life and what for?" He felt that all the values of a decent, law
abiding, peaceful life were disappearing, he got quite bitter about it sometimes. It is
now 18 years since I lost him and as I look around parts of Birmingham today you
would never know you were in England. He would have hated it.