While official speeches commonly cite ‘democracy’ among the causes for which Australians and our allies have always fought, we are free to wonder if that is not ‘the lie in the soul’ this Remembrance day.
Remembrance Day ceremonies, especially at a local level, sincerely seek to honour the war dead, and to offer solace to the grieving. Worthy objectives.
“The lie in the soul”: True respect on Remembrance Day By Douglas Newton