War is part of mankind for the better part of the past 7,000 or so years. It's mainly what has defined (and still is defining) country borders, detailed extent of government power, sometimes occupation, etc. War is also responsible for the death of millions of people; both combatant and non-combatant (men, women, boys, girls; of any age, religion, culture, ethnicity, level of wealth, etc.). It's a cruel situation, sometimes everlasting; for instance, war zones in the Middle East that have no closure since the past century - a century that was the last 100-year part of the previous millenium... The Governorate of Græcia refuses to treat specific groups of victims (with, let's say, a common trait) as the sole victims of any war; it is our collective duty to show respect to each and every victim's memory, regardless of their "social affiliations". That's why the Senate has unanimously decided the addition of two optional holidays, one commemorating the memory of World War I victims, and one commemorating the memory of World War II victims. The former will be celebrated on the 11th of Cold month (November), the day the 1918 armistice between the Allies and Germany; the latter will be celebrated on the 2nd of Vynour (September), the day the Empire of Japan surrendered to the Allies, thus formally ending the World War II. His Excellency The Governor decided to make the celebrations optional, because in his words: "Although collective memory is a most noble pursuit, so is progress; our duty is to both honour the past and, through that, sail towards our future. To achieve this, though, it is of utmost importance to leave an open option for the people. By pushing them to do things a certain way, we achieve nothing; we are pushing them away, rather than attracting their attention". For each celebration, there will be a special commemorative ribbon: A brief additional statement was added by H.E. Governor Quintus De Vitaliis: "It is impossible to honour the victims of every war; even those regarding our small micronationa, as Hellas-based boroughs have been subjected to numerous wars since the antiquity - for instance, the Peloponnesian War, the Greco-Persian Wars, wars during Roman and Eastern Roman/Byzantine era, sieges of Asian conquerors, the Hellenic Uprising, civil wars, Balkan Wars, World Wars, post-WWII civil war... Whereas our Croatia-based borough has been subjected to other wars, possibly even before the Roman era, but surely during the Hungarian Civic Revolution and War of Independence of 1848–1849, the two World Wars, the post-WWII Chetnik-Partisan conflicts, as well as the more recent Yugoslav Wars... Therefore, we as a government focus on the larger events that shaped our world; the two World Wars. After all, individuals are free to remember their losses, without turning them into public events". Comments are closed.
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