tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post114901599154987599..comments2024-03-17T12:16:42.048-07:00Comments on Civic Center: Fatal and Tragic ConsequencesCivic Centerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-1149265227873612942006-06-02T09:20:00.000-07:002006-06-02T09:20:00.000-07:00Mike, I don't agree with you about Memorial Day. I...Mike, I don't agree with you about Memorial Day. It seems to me to be the perfect time to grieve - and we've got plenty of combat deaths and injuries to remember.<BR/><BR/>The men and women in the military are brave and dedicated. They're making great sacrifices. They're trying to do the right thing - well, most of them. Abu Ghraib and Haditha are awful - and they're the sort of brutal behavior war encourages - but they're exceptions. <BR/><BR/>Memorial Day is an intense time for me because in our lifetime there's been so much bloodshed and death and wretchedness. War is so stupid. It's such a waste. <BR/><BR/>When I mourn the war dead, I'm not saying "Go and do likewise." I'm saying, "It's very sad this war - all war - happened, is happening. People, don't continue to make the same stupid mistakes. War itself is the enemy."<BR/><BR/>On Memorial Day United for Peace and Justice held an anti-war vigil at the Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno. They displayed panels showing the U.S. and Iraqi war dead. I planned to take part in this but didn't manage to get there - but next year I hope I will. That's where I want to be on Memorial Day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-1149196358494239412006-06-01T14:12:00.000-07:002006-06-01T14:12:00.000-07:00How moving.How moving.the Witchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05824683415581404780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-1149038283367290502006-05-30T18:18:00.000-07:002006-05-30T18:18:00.000-07:00I am sorry for your friend.I completely agree abou...I am sorry for your friend.<BR/><BR/><BR/>I completely agree about what happened since 1954...<BR/>But will never ever thank enough those who died to free Europe in 1944.Delphinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16975869273475207389noreply@blogger.com