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Memorial Day Questions
Submitted by btchakir on Sun, 05/27/2007 - 9:09pm.
How does an atheist and anti-war progressive view Memorial Day?
Do I think of "just" wars, like WWII which my father served in?
Do I think of Viet Nam where my uncle Butch died, leaving a Tchakirides name on a war memorial?
Do I wonder why the religious pray for peace on Memorial Day - especially the politicians who vote to continue funding war?
Do I remember Jefferson and Washington and Lincoln who have great memorials in Washington DC?
Do I wish Memorial Day would not require the generational updates of new wars, but could serve to remember at a time when war would not occur again?
Do I hope my grandsons will never need to be memorialized on this day?
Do I wonder why those who oppose wars and campaign against them get no memorials?
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