Well thats depressing.....

[sinsoo]

((Two facts I recently heard I was watching Valiant, on Disney Channel (Yes i watch cartoons XD)))

There are less then 100 World War I survivors still living,
About 100 World War II Survivors die each day.

There is 1 Titanic Survivor, who was only 2 months old when the ship sunk.

Thats depressing....

[Raenia]

Well, all those events happened a long time ago. People get old and die. It's sad to lose all that history, yes, but we have to expect it, I suppose.

[Blondie_63]

That is depressing but at least there are still some here.

[sinsoo]

I mean I do find it depressing because of all the history that will be forgotten, after someone dies their history is sometimes forgotten and they are not known for what they did.

[PonyMama]

I look at that as a wonderful thing.

a baby of 2 months old survived such a horrific event in history, and is still to this day alive. How wonderful.

As for the world war 1 survivors, another wonderful thing. They survived such a large war, and are still going on in life. Although getting old and to their end, they were able to keep us free. They were also able to tell of the truth, and stories of the war, helping the younger generations learn and understand why the wars were faught.

I don't know, to me that isn't depressing, it is wonderful.

What I find depressing is the losses, that were made for no reason.

Survivors are a wonderful thing. and should be celebrated.

[sinsoo]

When I mean about the Titanic thing is that it's sad there is only one survivor. I am not even sure we have a day to celebrate The World War's.

[PonyMama]

To add, the only way to forget about it is to never tell the next generation. Today is rememberance day, and my 5 year old and I have already sat down to thank all those that lost their lives keeping us safe and free.

She is 5 and I can't go too far into it yet, but as she gets older I will explain why we remember them, and what they did. How the war effected families and how the survivors were welcomed home. How seeing thousands of crosses in a cememtary is a thing to cry about, yet celebrate their courageous actions for us.

[PandaLover]

My Oma was in Germany when World War II was at it's end. She was born at the very end of the war, but she still had to life with the things that went on during the war. But to me, it's kind of nice, because she seems to take pride in having known first-hand what it was like to be raised with the effects of the War looming overhead. And I love hearing her stories. She always tells me and my brother the stories, and I just love it. She tells me about her house being bombed by Americans (yes, it was an accident), and how her mother and father had to rebuild it off of the salvagable bricks. That is probably my favorite story, because to me it shows the courage of my Oma and her family, and the strength of my great-grandparents.

I guess I sort of agree with PM. It's great that they are here still. I've already asked my Oma to write down things that she did, and tell me the things she doesn't want to write about. So like PM said, the only way to forget about it is to have not told others.

Though I know what you mean, Sinny-chan. It is sad that no more than 100 people are left from World War I, and it's also sad how many people from World War II are dying every day. But they led good lives, and I'm sure that deep down, none of them regret anything or wish that they'd been somewhere else. It's because of them that we're here, and I'm sure that most, if not all of them know that, somehow.

I may not have said what I meant right, though. ^_^;; But I think I got the jist of it.

[sinsoo]

Hah I'm pretty sure if we didn't win we would all be speaking German/ Japanese