The Jasmine flowers above have become the symbol of the freedom and democracy movement in The Middle East and China.

On June/04/11, in a Hong Kong park, they were handed out to those who remembered the Tiananmen Square massacre in China. As well as the flowers, buttons and T-shirts of Ai Weiwei and Liu Xiaobo were distributed to the protesters. Both Weiwei and Xiaobo are in prison for promoting political views that were and still are objectionable to the Chinese Government. It should be noted that news of this event was blocked from mainland China.

In the history of mankind, the fight for freedom and democracy has often been accompanied by war and death. The poem "In Flanders Fields" could apply to all those who have been martyred for the cause of freedom.

Also, the beginning of June is the anniversary of the D-Day Invasion that was the beginning of the end for Hitler and the Nazis. Many thousands died that day including soldiers from Canada.

Oppressors want individuals controlled and under their thumbs. That is why it is often necessary to fight and, perhaps, die for the ideals of democracy and human rights. Those who fall will always be remembered as heroes by those who remain.