WHY is it that people keep telling you that the war dead sacrificed their lives for your right to freedom, but when you exercise that freedom by doing something they disagree with you are dishonouring the sacrifice?

I refer to the recent anti-war march where many people exercised their right to object to what they considered America's unprovoked aggression against Afghanistan. Or was this not one of those rights the sacrifice was made for?

When telling the full story of the First World War, it should be pointed out that many of the 'brave volunteers' were bullied in to 'volunteering.' Any young man who did not would be spat at in the street and presented with a white feather and his family ridiculed.

Yes, there were some who went freely, but I suspect most went out of fear.

In the Second World War, if called upon to serve, the choice was do your duty or be imprisoned.

Freedom means accepting that people have the right to do things that we disagree with, as long as they don't hurt others.

L LAWES, Bold Street, Blackburn.