tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203110337754630589.post4617237550973346128..comments2024-03-23T06:43:45.246+10:00Comments on 1735099: RunningUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203110337754630589.post-42008464303025285612008-05-17T16:22:00.000+10:002008-05-17T16:22:00.000+10:001970 is the year I was there. It seems only a shor...1970 is the year I was there. It seems only a short time ago, but it's your whole life span.<BR/>Unfortunately national pride has become a marketable commodity - handy to have around when you want votes, but dispensable most of the time.1735099https://www.blogger.com/profile/17945140949290600423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203110337754630589.post-71563042272074167222008-05-17T10:36:00.000+10:002008-05-17T10:36:00.000+10:00I was born in 1970 and grew up surrounded by neigh...I was born in 1970 and grew up surrounded by neighbours who had served in Vietnam. I saw so much of the disintegration of their lives. To have it still continuing is tragic. To have their service and valour not appropriately recognised is a festering sore in our national pride."Grendel"https://www.blogger.com/profile/09811467039384648545noreply@blogger.com