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Remember the Fallen

Take a moment to reflect today on the men and women who have died to keep you and your children safe.

I prefer to remember ALL fallen soldiers, everywhere. American, European, Asian, African, Middle Eastern - thousands dead as a testament human stupidity. The scars of hatred and retribution, ill-feeling and long-standing prejudices that war leaves are irreparable. Violence begets violence, hatred. So if we're so bent on remembering the past - the grief, the pain, the desperation - why does it keep happening? I would suggest the best way to honour those who died protecting us is to stop such situations as make their sacrifice necessary arising in the first place. So when you remember, don't just sit there thinking of the fallen dead and how brave and glorious they were - remember their living comrades. And what we can do to save them, and the countless innocent civillians of all nationalities who will otherwise die with them.

Death by War: Prevention rather than cure.

Posted by: Izi | Jun 10, 2006 15:30

Perhaps Izi (or shall I say, "Einstein"), I am not remembering civilians on Memorial Day because the piece was written for MEMORIAL DAY. Not civilians day. Not puggles day. Not vegetable garden day, but Memorial Day.

Pretty sad that we can't acknowledge the brave men and women of our armed services who parished giving their lives for completely unselfish reasons and to protect our freedoms simply because some people are so self-absorbed that they want to wallow in their manufactured pity party which conveniently turns it around to be about (who?) them! All under the guise of caring about all the little people no less.

Unfortunatley for you, Memorial Day is about American soldiers who died for their country, not about your specific politics and misuse of this dedication to them to propagate your personal opinions.

There is no difference between your sentiments here, that poo poo Memorial Day's meaning, and those of Fred Phelps lackies who protest at the funerals of American soldiers who died serving their country. Both are of monumental disrespect and ugly contempt aimed at the wrong people.

Posted by: Jessica Carlson | Jun 10, 2006 16:46

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