[jdmcm]

Speaking of for myself, I have had very positive experiences from all manner of people while displaying my vehicles, last year at Remembrance Day ceremonies in South Surrey I was approached by a father with son and daughter in tow, newly landed from Syria via Lebanon...he wanted to know if his kids could climb up on the M113 for some pictures, I was more than happy to oblige...reactions from his kids were what you would expect from kids anywhere...excitement and smiles. This makes me wonder if context has a lot to do with ones reaction. Sunny fall day, lots of people, friendly crowd gathering for a peaceful day...one reaction...armored personnel carriers laden with soldiers screaming down war torn streets amid gunfire, destruction and chaos...another reaction...I won't say that if I had spent ten or twenty years living among the terror of war that I would feel the same way as I do now about MV's....or really a lot of the things I take for granted. I have no problem entering into a reasonable discourse about the topic...I honestly believe that the fear or anxiety generated by the occasional sight of a historic military vehicle on the street or on display, is very far down on the list of worries of people who have fought as hard and risked as much as these folks, just to call Canada home. My two cents