tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746971127834465258.post3577227745198568891..comments2023-03-31T05:31:58.464-04:00Comments on The Soap Box: Remembrance DayThe Soap Boxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09750365410746482923noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746971127834465258.post-76666473014749710762010-11-12T17:33:55.598-05:002010-11-12T17:33:55.598-05:00@ Anonymous:
First you say it's fine to not at...@ Anonymous:<br />First you say it's fine to not attend ceremonies and then you say that by not being a part of the day I'm being disrespectful. I don't think you know what that word means. Were I to protest during a ceremony, that would be disrespectful. Were I to call a soldier a murderer for fulfilling his/her duty, that would be disrespectful. (Please note that these are only examples and that I would never even consider doing either and would speak out against anyone who did.) Staying at home on Remembrance Day is no more disrespectful to veterans than staying at home on Christmas is disrespectful to Christians or staying at home during the Gay Pride Parade is disrespectful to homosexuals. The two do not equate.<br />I don't need to see the atrocities of war in order to understand that it is horrible. No different than I don't need to be punched in the face in order to know that it will hurt. I'm intelligent enough to understand a concept without being traumatized by it - especially as a small child. Watching disturbing videos is a choice, not a necessity and as far as I can see it serves absolutely no purpose. Far too many good and innocent people (on both sides of any given conflict) have been thrown into these atrocious situations and me watching any of them die does nothing to make things any better. If anything it is disrespectful to the families of these men (and women) to put their hellacious last moments on display.<br />As I said in my post, I have a military family and I respect them and their choices. And every time another one of our young men and women come home in a box I am reduced to gut-wrenching, heart broken sobs. So please do not mistake my absence for a lack of respect.The Soap Boxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09750365410746482923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746971127834465258.post-64296957384933024432010-11-12T15:59:37.621-05:002010-11-12T15:59:37.621-05:00Remembrance day is also about paying your respect ...Remembrance day is also about paying your respect to the soldiers who went to war, whether voluntarily or not, to fight when it needed to be done. You may not agree with why a war was started, but if the soldiers hadn't gone over to fight to stop the war, who is to say that you would live in a world where you even share your thoughts freely?<br />If you don't want to attend public ceremonies for it then don't. But you should still show your respect for the people that died by not hiding away because you don't want to see the videos. I think the it's important the videos are shown so people can understand what those soldiers went through. If its hard for you to watch, imagine what it was like for them to live through it. You can show them enough respect to at least watch it so you unnderstand. <br />The soldiers are putting themselves in harms way so you can sit back and enjoy your life. They don't have another choice but to take that persons life because if they don't that person would take theirs. Is that preferable to you?<br />By doing your 'disapearing act' you are showing disrespect to the soldiers who fought in the past, regardless of whether you believe the wars of the current day have merit. I don't believe they do, but wars still happened and people still died defending our country and if that means I have to watch disturbing videos of what they went through, then I will glady do it and I would never, ever, hide away and show them disrespect like that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com