[Vick]

sarettah - thanks for your response

My point here is those lyrics only present one aspect of war, the grief and loss, not the honor nor the other things I posted about
and to only look at one aspect is dangerous and perhaps leads to the undermining of our efforts

I never alluded to even a shred of disrespect in those words, just maybe not the best representation in these times
Maybe we should honor as well as grieve

about the flag, I see what you are saying (and actually in a way it is sort of cool) but still it is a desecration no matter the intent

Where this is all coming from - I am seeing huge problems and challenges with some of the so called peace protests - and I think that part of the problem is caused by only looking at one aspect of our current conflict

I see so many kids (like sarettah, if you're in your 20's your a kid to me) who just see that war is bad and don't understand the entire reasoning behind our efforts
So they go blindly protesting something they aren't fully comprehending and instead of offering solutions to the conflict they are adding challenges and more conflict

Our country enables us to peacefully gather and demonstrate to express our opinions - what I've seen over the past 4 days is not peaceful nor positive nor doing anything to further the cause of peace