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*** She sailed into a declared war zone. She was also officially listed as an Armed Merchant Cruiser.

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-->-- '''TerryPratchett''', ''Discworld/ThiefOfTime''

-> "Every society needs a cry like that, but only in a very few do they come out with the complete, unvarnished version, which is [[MoralDissonance 'Remember-The-Atrocity-Committed-Against-Us-Last-Time-That-Will-Excuse-The-Atrocity-That-We're-About-To-Commit-Today!]] And So On! Hurrah!'"

* In the HonorHarrington novel ''Echoes of Honor:'' the Grayson commander uses "Lady Harrington, and no mercy!"

*** That's like allowing TheMafia blaming a local merchant for the damage to his store on failing to pay his "protection" money.

* ''{{Digger}}'': [[http://www.diggercomic.com/?p=35 Remember Tunnel 17!]]

* Also parodied in, of all strips, ''Steve Canyon'': Steve was having a dream, [[AnachronismStew chock-full of anachronisms]], about being part of Perry's 1850's expedition to open up Japan. When a quarrel with the local authorities began, he suggested the ambassador say "Remember Pearl Harbor!" [[IShallTauntYou as a "So there!"]] The ambassador used it and ''then'' asked Steve, "Where the heck is Peal Harbor?"

* ''TheOnion'' urges us, in the spirit of PoliticallyCorrectHistory, to [[http://www.theonion.com/articles/misremember-the-alamo,11248/ Misremember the Alamo]].

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A BattleCry that memorializes an enemy atrocity. Also invoked to galvanize the civilian population into supporting the war effort. An alternate title might as well be ''Remember the Maine!''.

-> "Every society needs a cry like that, but only in a very few do they come out with the complete, unvarnished version, which is 'Remember-The-Atrocity-Committed-Against-Us-Last-Time-That-Will-Excuse-The-Atrocity-That-We're-About-To-Commit-Today! And So On! Hurrah!'"

A BattleCry that memorializes an enemy atrocity. Also invoked to galvanize the civilian population into supporting the war effort. Alternate title, ''Remember the Maine!''

** The battlecry was popularized before the investigation even started. It is generally agreed now that the Spanish weren't actually responsible.

** As with the ''Maine'' example above, some historians think the ''Lusitania'' was either carrying weapons or was pretty much a bait (either by Great Britain or USA) to get USA citizens to agree with [=USAs=] participation in the war.
*** She sailed into a declared War Zone. She was also officially listed as an Armed Merchant Cruiser.
*** She was carrying guncotton (artillery shell propellant) and fuses for artillery shells, along with 4,992 shrapnel shells.
* "Remember Pearl Harbor!" - The Japanese attack on the military base at Pearl Harbor, on December 7, 1941, prompted the USA's entry into WWII. Japan did not formaly declare war on the United States until after the attack.

** NEVER FORGET

*** And even more so, after Belisarius's troops take the city back and it's discovered that that civilians that slaughtered where the lucky ones.

-->-- TerryPratchett, Discworld/ThiefOfTime

* DavidDrake and Eric Flint's BelisariusSeries,

* {{Discworld}} - TerryPratchett translated it as "Remember the atrocities the enemy has done to us, for they will justify the atrocities we are about to commit today" In Discworld, it was usually "Remember Koom Valley!"

* FullMetalPanic uses "Remember Pearl Harbor"- said by the captain of the ''Pasadena''.

* {{Dog Day Afternoon}} - "Attica!"
* [[{{Dune}} Taqwa!]]
* [[{{AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon}} American Werewolf in London]] has this as the punchline of the joke told by Brian Glover in the ''Slaughtered Lamb''.

* Parodied in TheFarSide: A soldier cries out: "Remember...uh, remember that place in Texas!"

* {{Digger}}: [[http://www.diggercomic.com/?p=35 Remember Tunnel 17!]]

* ''[[{{Halo}} Remember Reach!]]''

* In TheWheelofTime, many of the main characters are from a town that stands over where the ancient city Manetheren once stood. The city was completely and utterly annihilated and that battle is often recalled to inspire them to continue fighting the enemy [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Trollocs]].

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* Can't remember the exact wording, but I seem to recall such a rallying cry being used in ''{{Firefly}}'', in regard to the battle/massacre where the main characters meet.

"'''''Remember the Alamo!'''''"

-> "Every society needs a cry like that, but only in a very few do they come out with the complete, unvarnished version, which is 'Remember-The-Atrocity-Committed-Against-Us-Last-Time-That-Will-Excuse-The-Atrocity-That-We're-About-To-Commit-Today! And So On! Hurrah!'" TerryPratchett, [[Discworld/ThiefOfTime]]

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* The Fremen saying in the Dune series: Never forgive, never forget.

* The fremens saying in the Dune series (Never forgive, never forget)