Posted Apr 2, 2014, 1:58 PM
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Unapologetic Occidental
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Province 2, Canadian Empire
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Originally Posted by acottawa
I agree it is rather silly, especially since Monument to Victims of [insert belief system here] could be built for just about anything.
That being said, pretty much any monument in any capital city is going to be political and/or silly so I guess they're an indicator to future generations of a particular zeitgeist at a particular time. We haven't had a significant peacekeeping mission for decades, but a giant monument in a prominent location shows somebody thought it was important in the 80s.
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I think it's still way more relevant given that a Canadian was the one who first had the idea of using troops for peacekeeking.
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