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RE: Daily Dose of Sultnpapper 02/03/18> Let’s just do away with them all…
I see your point but am in two minds about them myself
I do think perhaps there may be to many war memorials, but i am also of the belief that they perhaps do not celebrate warm but are a memorial to those who lost their lives fighting for their country
and I feel the memorials do serve a purpose and would hope for some they may be a symbol to foster people to strive to do what they can to help to ensure the chance of new wars are reduced
Up until Friday I never gave it much thought about the intent of such statues and displays. Memorials , such as the Vietnam War Memorial Wall that has the name of each serviceman who died fighting in the war engraved in the wall, seem to honor the fallen Americans who gave their lives.
The display featured in this daily dose from College Station doesn't seem to do that, at least not for me.
When you look back at the history of the United States and the involvement of the country in wars it appears the country can't go more than 10 years or so without getting involved in a war since WW1.
So if the purpose is as you hope, " would hope for some they may be a symbol to foster people to strive to do what they can to help to ensure the chance of new wars are reduced" it doesn't appear to be working.
Maybe it is time we do away with any war related displays and try that for 100 years and see if that might have a better effect . The display at that park in College Station didn't sit well with me as it seems to glorify the typical type of battle engagement from that war. Almost as if to say to the kids going into that park, "when you grow up you can do this too".
When I think back to the Vietnam war and the war protests that were taking place at that time I am immediately reminded of the Kent State shootings. Young college students were peacefully protesting the war at their campus and the Ohio National Guard, which is a reserve branch of the US Army, were called in to break up the protest. Four Kent State students were shot and killed by the ONG that day, so much for freedom of speech and the right to assemble. When the government will kill their own people who don't agree with what the government is doing it is a scary situation. It might also be an indicator on just how important war seems to be to government officials. The Vietnam war served no purpose with regard to protecting the United States, it was a war that we had no business being involved in and about half the country agreed with the students protesting the war.
After the Kent State shootings college campus protests were few and far between, college kids didn't want to fight in Vietnam but they also didn't want to be killed at home for saying they didn't support the war.
Maybe I'm just getting old and cynical or maybe I'm just wising up to how things really work here in the USA. I'm not sure which it is, but I'm inclined to believe it is the latter of the two, given the history of the USA and the involvement in wars.
i would be all for taking them all down if I thought it would help stop glorifying war
I would try anything if it would help cause an outbreak of peace