Cambridge students vote against Remembrance Sunday

It's a simplistic view of the military which does not really take into account the fact the military is not just a fighting force. The army and navy have had a role to play in alleviating poverty, humanitarian conflicts, combating trafficking on the seas and God knows what else; these simpletons who want us to abolish it clearly have no need for us to do any of those things.

ITT: People saying the left are trying to remove freedom of speech while saying students acting upon their freedom of speech is disgusting.

They have the freedom to say it, but we also have the freedom to say that we disagree with their position.

You do have that freedom but there's a difference between disagreeing with their idea and suggesting that its disgusting or wrong to express that opinion. That's against their freedom of speech.

Found this:-

And only eight days after it had already been mentioned in this thread.

The article looks newer than eight days to be honest

But its general content was known in this thread a week ago.

Apologies. Had just read loads of crap on Facebook and Twitter and assumed it was not yet well known .

Cambridge University’s Student Union (CUSU) has voted no to the promotion of Remembrance Sunday because they see it as a “glorification” of conflict.

This could include asking for a minute's silence on Remembrance Sunday or sending email reminders to students about the availability of poppies. Student activist Stella Swain, argued that “all lives lost and affected by war” should be commemorated and that students should be encouraged to engage in “productive criticism” of war. She said she wanted to “reflect the status of the University as an international institution” and argued that it was “vital that we recognise all different background and don’t just focus on British war veterans”.

What do you think?
Should Remembrance Sunday be replaced by a day that commemorates all wars?
Should there even be such a day? Or should we stop the commemoration at all?

Isn't remembering all those lost in conflict already the point of Rememberance Sunday? The date was just chosen because it marked the end of the first WORLD war, with the hope of never having another similar conflict (which obviously hasn't happened but that's another argument)

If they want to get rid of Rememberance Sunday, then they are showing themselves to never want to remember those brave people who have given the ultimate sacrifice to give us in the majority of the world the life we live today. IMO they have no respect if they think that