Memories maybe to long! For any event that means the needless death of men women and children should never be forgotten. As a child I learnt the hard way that matches burn. Because of that I'm now careful about fire. As we grow older many lessons learnt stay with us for our own safety. I have sat and talked with my children on what I have learnt about wwii. I've talked to them about belson or auschwitz. I hope that we never forget and through knowledge never allow such things to happen again. Memories maybe to long I hope not.

How anyone can confuse the meaning of the song I don't know. It certainly does not glorify the troubles at that time. Serving in belfast when I first heard it and found it so sad. Glorify! The fact that someone had died doing their duty. Maybe if it had been about any one but a british squaddie then it may of been more acceptable. When I joined up I learnt first aid before I used a weapon. People with a grievance don't want to hear a positive of their grievance they just start singing to drown out what they don't want to hear. This is not my opinion of the irish people alone. This is my opinion of anyone who was involved in the whole sorry mess, from the politician down to joe blogs. It's such a shame that the hierarchy of the bbc felt the way they did on such poignant song. Maybe if they hadn't then half the army at that time wouldn't of gone to the trouble of getting the song on tape. Toeknee2sticks.