For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for November 07, 2017

Grandfather Jim would know, Elizabeth. If I recall, he was one of those who fought.

Today’s strip is the first (of what will be many) Remembrance Day comic strips from Lynn Johnston and it comes at an interesting time in her life. In 1988, Lynn’s mother Ursula is very sick with cancer and is going to die in the next year. She, along with Lynn’s father Mervyn are both World War II veterans and they met in England as a part of the Royal Canadian Air Force working in fighter aircraft maintenance and repair. I would like to think that this comic strip was an homage to Lynn’s father and her mother, who appears to have been a very courageous woman.

This is the day when we remember all those who fought and died protecting our flag. It would also be a good day to stop disrespecting it by kneeling during the anthem and look for some other venue to protest the questionable killings by cops. This one is taken.

While they may have the RIGHT to take a knee to supposedly protest how others are being treated, disrespecting our flag in the process (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Flag_Code for details), is NOT an appropriate means to air their issues.

If the players and managers continue to disrespect our flag, perhaps you should save your money for viewing any NFL game, attending any NFL game, or buying any overpriced NFL gear, and then sending that money to a worthy veterans charity…

You’ll feel much better and perhaps then the NFL will get the message.

So, somehow today’s comment section is filling with threads arguing about the Anthem protests. No one’s ready for my opinion so I think I’ll pass.

Lizzie’ learning . . .

Since when kneeling in front of someone or something is disrespecting the person or the thing. In England, If you are Knighted, you have to be on your knees in front of the Queen. If you are in front of the King, you have to be on your knees. If you are facing God, Every knees shall be bent. If you are really respecting the national anthem and the flag, please stand whenever you hear it even when you are at the bar, at home, and at any place. I have seen people keep on drinking and eating at the bar, people sit on their couch and munching chips, and etc. during the national anthem.

When my husband proposed marriage he was on his knees and there was nothing disrespectful about it. If someone turned their back, dropped their pants and mooned during the anthem – THAT would be disrespectful and would upset me a lot.People get worked up over the strangest things.A knee during the anthem they get upset about.Monthly massive multiple victim indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of people – they don’t bat an eye.

The real Lynn Johnston is Canadian…and she is 70 years old!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Johnston

Lynn’s Notes:

All of the Remembrance day strips were done for my mother, my dad, and his brother who were all veterans of the Second World War. My dad was an instrument mechanic and my mother ordered all the parts for the aircraft. They met in England and had some wonderful stories to tell. Uncle Joe was a motorcycle dispatch rider. He never spoke about the war.

(from yesterday) @ktfahel – Most people I know, when they’re speaking of a general singular, will revert to “he”. Some will say “he or she”, but most people just say “he”.-@Howtheduck – The problem with this explanation is that Molly and Gayle are feminine plural. Most people I know, when they are speaking of a feminine plural, will not use the word “he”. Are you arguing that Elly Patterson’s “he” is still referring to Molly and Gayle?-Elly – “Every kid has to feel that there’s someone he can go to for moral support and stability.”—Elly is NOT referring just to Molly and Gayle with this statement. She is saying EVERY kid, as in those that are also not theirs. The proper pronoun (common usage) would be “he”; modern would be “he or she”.

While the poppy is a universal symbol, originally commemorating the fallen of WWI, it has morphed into a symbol of remembrance of all those brave men and women who sacrificed for freedom in both World Wars.

Everyday, our world becomes a bit more diminished, by the loss of those brave veterans of the Second World War. To those who still live and those who have gone before, we wear that red poppy proudly. It says…We Will Never Forget !

My father was in the Army Air Corps, and my husband and I were both in the Army.

And once again, we have people conflating the anthem protests into disrespect for the military instead of the real issue the African American players are protesting. But that’s the easy way out – ignoring the real problem.

God bless and peaceful rest to all of those who gave all. For freedom and the people of their country. Not for songs or flags…

Time and place…….AMEN!!

Thanks, stevedoge833 for ruining a nice thought! :-(

As a child I can remember my mother in Chicago standing out in the cold passing out poppies on Veterans Day. One year she got frostbite, but continued to do it.

Placed flowers on mom and dad’s site this past Sunday. also some on an old friends site -At the Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, Calif…If the guys want to protest, let them… just do that little bit and take that little walk…and read the names…..

Wordplay for Lynn: “Any nation that decides the only way to achieve peace is through peaceful means is a nation that will soon be a piece of another nation.” -Richard Nixon

I will be placing my poppy on my father’s grave (Leading Seaman, Royal Navy 1939-45) on November 16th, his birthday.

This is the day when we remember all those who fought and died protecting our flag. NO This is the dayThis is the day when we remember all those who fought and died protecting our FREEDOM. As a Korean war vet, I know what I fought for. If you are a flag waver, you are like a cheer leader. Thanks for the support