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I have had occasion to contact distant family, by distant I mean geographically as well as familiarity, that lives in Corsica. Corsica 'belongs' to France and during my conversation with my cousin's hubby, I mentioned wanting to visit my uncle's grave in Ancerville. He was buried there when his plane crashed in 1944. Anyway, this fellow was very quick to thank me! who was born well after the second ww, and made sure I knew how grateful the people of France are for those who came to fight for their freedoms.

which made me wonder, why did "we" do that? and I think I have an answer: it was done because the people of my country and the US, were fighting for their families back home. most of them were within a generation of immigration to Canada and the US, so the emotional ties were still strong, many had cousins, brothers, sisters or parents living in Europe, so the urge to protect was still strong.

what are our emotional ties to? money? consumerism? instant gratification?

what does my generation have the urge to protect?

<blockquote data-quote="AnnetteMarie" data-source="post: 61167" data-attributes="member: 802">I have had occasion to contact distant family, by distant I mean geographically as well as familiarity, that lives in Corsica.&nbsp; Corsica &#039;belongs&#039; to France and during my conversation with my cousin&#039;s hubby, I mentioned wanting to visit my uncle&#039;s grave in Ancerville.&nbsp; He was buried there when his plane crashed in 1944.&nbsp; Anyway, this fellow was very quick to thank me! who was born well after the second ww, and made sure I knew how grateful the people of France are for those who came to fight for their freedoms.&nbsp;which made me wonder, why did &quot;we&quot; do that? and I think I have an answer:&nbsp; it was done because the people of my country and the US, were fighting for their families back home.&nbsp; most of them were within a generation of immigration to Canada and the US, so the emotional ties were still strong, many had cousins, brothers, sisters or parents living in Europe, so the urge to protect was still strong.&nbsp;what are our emotional ties to?&nbsp; money? consumerism? instant gratification?&nbsp;what does my generation have the urge to protect?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AnnetteMarie, post: 61167, member: 802"] I have had occasion to contact distant family, by distant I mean geographically as well as familiarity, that lives in Corsica. Corsica 'belongs' to France and during my conversation with my cousin's hubby, I mentioned wanting to visit my uncle's grave in Ancerville. He was buried there when his plane crashed in 1944. Anyway, this fellow was very quick to thank me! who was born well after the second ww, and made sure I knew how grateful the people of France are for those who came to fight for their freedoms. which made me wonder, why did "we" do that? and I think I have an answer: it was done because the people of my country and the US, were fighting for their families back home. most of them were within a generation of immigration to Canada and the US, so the emotional ties were still strong, many had cousins, brothers, sisters or parents living in Europe, so the urge to protect was still strong. what are our emotional ties to? money? consumerism? instant gratification? what does my generation have the urge to protect? [/QUOTE]

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