thoughts
I am against the war in Iraq. If I thought that a protest would change anyone's mind, I would be at one on a regular basis. However, protests and marches get no attention anymore, unless there is a riot involved, and then the message is lost.
I just got an invite on facebook to join a group trying to get people to stop Fred Phelps from protesting at the funerals of the kids who were killed at Vtech. Allegedly his reasoning is that these kids deserve to die, becuase they are pursueing a higher education and higher education teaches rebelion against god. If that is truly that man's beleife, I am in shock. Frankly, I'm floored.
How can someone go to someone's funeral and say "you deserved to die", more so, say it in front of those mourning the death of their friend?
I feel that we have lost respect for things sacred in this world. I'm not talking about a sacredness on the behalf of perseonal religion. I'm talking about things we all agree on. Sanctity of human life. Sanctity of the world around us. And yes, sanctity, if not a cautiose respect for death.
I mention the Iraq War because I could never participate at a protest at a funeral. A funeral is not the place. Funerals are a place to say goodbye, to get closure, to remember the dead. It is not for someone to spout their agenda. And frankly, when someone is a victim of circumstance (as I feel with everyone killed in Iraq) how can you blame them? Once you're in, you're in, you cannot refuse to obey your orders without consequences. You surrender your life to higher powers and pray for luck.
I cannot express all the feelings and frustrations I have with the above mentioned protestors. Further more, I am shocked that someone would defile a funeral in such a way. I do not beleive that the dead are any longer responsible for their actions, they are empty shells that remain for us the living, to linger over, and eventually move on from. A protest at a funeral only causes more agony for the families.
There is an oraganization called Patriot Riders of America, and one of the things they do, is they ride out to the funerals of fallen soldiers, and sheild the families from the protestors. I'm glad that there are people like this. Because there need to be the sorts of people who will be honorable.
As for the war, I dissagree with the machine, not the gears inside of it.
I just got an invite on facebook to join a group trying to get people to stop Fred Phelps from protesting at the funerals of the kids who were killed at Vtech. Allegedly his reasoning is that these kids deserve to die, becuase they are pursueing a higher education and higher education teaches rebelion against god. If that is truly that man's beleife, I am in shock. Frankly, I'm floored.
How can someone go to someone's funeral and say "you deserved to die", more so, say it in front of those mourning the death of their friend?
I feel that we have lost respect for things sacred in this world. I'm not talking about a sacredness on the behalf of perseonal religion. I'm talking about things we all agree on. Sanctity of human life. Sanctity of the world around us. And yes, sanctity, if not a cautiose respect for death.
I mention the Iraq War because I could never participate at a protest at a funeral. A funeral is not the place. Funerals are a place to say goodbye, to get closure, to remember the dead. It is not for someone to spout their agenda. And frankly, when someone is a victim of circumstance (as I feel with everyone killed in Iraq) how can you blame them? Once you're in, you're in, you cannot refuse to obey your orders without consequences. You surrender your life to higher powers and pray for luck.
I cannot express all the feelings and frustrations I have with the above mentioned protestors. Further more, I am shocked that someone would defile a funeral in such a way. I do not beleive that the dead are any longer responsible for their actions, they are empty shells that remain for us the living, to linger over, and eventually move on from. A protest at a funeral only causes more agony for the families.
There is an oraganization called Patriot Riders of America, and one of the things they do, is they ride out to the funerals of fallen soldiers, and sheild the families from the protestors. I'm glad that there are people like this. Because there need to be the sorts of people who will be honorable.
As for the war, I dissagree with the machine, not the gears inside of it.