Special Day

Guess what today is? Not Remembrance Day, but Remembrance-of-when-people-still-gave-a-shit Day! Haha! Deadpan inappropriate humor! (Looks like another serious post)

No really, it is a bit unfortunate on how the day is overlooked these days. Anti-war activists will say it supports conflict. Today's adults probably don't even give it second thought. Yes, you've worn your poppy, but what does it mean to you? You dropped a dime into a small collection bin and pulled it out of the box, straight from the presses, off the conveyor belts. What does a minute of silence mean when no one is thinking for those who've fought? The youth of today wouldn't care, after all there is no tangible result to them.

To them. Within their lifetime they have not seen strife, nor abuse, nor devastation. They're born into a world with the numerous Human Rights charters guaranteeing their freedom (with the exception of "terrorists", damned 'mericans). Of course I haven't seen any of this myself, as I'm just a spoiled angsty teen in America (sorry, the "independent nation" of Canada).

My big problem is probably how the video game industry has started cashing in on the glamour of armed conflict when in all seriousness, and more than enough people have gone on about this, it is nothing to celebrate.  To be honest, I like a bit of a quick match of fragging every now and then. But then, to me it is nothing but just a quick little fun competitive contest and nothing more (see: MLG Leagues...those guys make me sad, but I won't go on a tangent...).

To counter this problem I propose that we play a little game similar to that of wife swap. Every single able bodied child within North America is to be swapped with one in one of the numerous hot zones around the world, such as on the Sinai Peninsula, Kashmir, or the no mans land between the Koreas. They will be forced to undergo any and all of the procedures currently going on in those areas (and I assure you that it'll be a lot worse than a 1 week Xbox ban). Assault of the physical and verbal kind, deprivation of sleep, food, and basic mobility, and a very stern talking to whenever they track mud into the shack will be delivered when just. Or whenever their captors feel like it. Which might be always.

Afterwards upon their return they will no longer have anyone to bitch to about minor annoyances since they've already seen how much worse it could be. And maybe they'd even pitch in a quarter for the veterans every year.

Wait, what? No, that's silly! I didn't struggle to push this post out, it's perfectly fine...