ANZAC Day Match to kickstart Philippine season

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ANZAC Day Match to kickstart Philippine season

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Wednesday, April 25 2012 @ 10:33 pm ACST

This is a bit off topic really, but on the subject of ANZAC Day, I thought this article on The Footy Almanac was interesting. Questions why ANZAC Day has become so significant in a footy sense and whether it should be. I'm not really siding one way or the other on this one, nor I think does the author. I think it has a place but I do cringe at some of the over the top media connections made, such as references to "Generals" Hird and Buckley and likening player acts of courage to acts of sacrifice in war.

What I found particularly interesting in the article was the questioning of how much Australians supported being involved in WW1. It's easy to assume now that it was widely supported, unlike say Vietnam or Iraq mark 2 etc. But whereas it's easy to conjure up the attrocities of the Nazis of WW2 as worthy villians it's not so easy to justify involvement in the imperial battles of WW1. So its interesting to read (in a footy article of all places) that apparently many Australians at the time indeed did not support Australia's involvement. Note that this does not necessarily diminish support/respect for those who fell in Australia's name.

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

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