Lilred
01-28-2007, 09:55 AM
There’s been several issues goin on in the news here lately…one here in Virginia and the other bein a national issue.
They are almost the same…war and people in em.
In Virginia, there’s the ever popular “Virginia’s gotta apologize fer slavery” argument which this month went all hellfire. Ya see, MLK day is also Lee/Jackson day here in the state. If all that aint enough, everybody is in this huge bicker over the state spending a bunch of money on cleanin the Robert E Lee statue because it’s the 200th anniversary of his birth.
Great day…so everybody wants the statue removed, he name erased from holidays, the Robert E Lee plate erased from vehicles and all that happy crap.
Meanwhile, across the nation people are screamin to end the war and all that happy crap.
Which ironically both arguments lead to a big ole pile of scheit. Both are very similar you see.
Robert E Lee is a Virginia hero and while the argument is he fought fer slavery, to HIM he was defendin his state from the “invaders.” That he accomplished and was dam good at it. Does that matter these days?? No. Ceasar & Rome.. Dlad Dracula the Impaler… all through history while the motives fer war were not fully understood but to this today they are labeled heros for their great feats. Why label a man a hero who impaled his victims on the battlefield? To they people in that country, he was defendin his homeland. He WAS a hero to them no matter now ugly he fought his battles. My point is that heros are not made out of their beliefs but out of their great deeds and victories fightin for that belief. At least that is how society seems to label heros.
Now, let’s jump forward a few thousand years to today.
Our family, neighbors and friends are far away fightin a war for which we don’t quite understand. They are fightin for their country are they not? The same for the men of Vietnam. They are our heros and defenders from harm. Then why are these men looked down upon? Why were they spit on? Why protest them? Our military today and Robert E Lee are a lot alike you see….they are both being robbed of their dignity simply because a bunch of unpatriotic “Americans” cannot fathom fightin for your country.
Well listen here America….. ( I’m even takin the time to type right on thisun because its that important to me)
The American military should always be our heroes. They have done what very few of us would ever do…they gave themselves to their country and they are willing to die for it. How could you not support and respect that? How can you even think you have all the answers when you do not have a full understanding of the situation at hand? It is not for us to judge when we cannot hear both sides of the cause. People are so self-righteous these days that even if put in such a position one could not possibly even come to a just conclusion.
Jane Fonda. I saw her on the news this morning protesting the war in Iraq. Now we all know about the letters in Vietnam and the cloud of mystery surrounding that story. Yet there you were. Protesting the war and helping to fuel the fire of disrespect that our troops received from American citizens. Here you are again protesting something that you don’t understand. Understand this….the ignorance you spread does make the difference between life and death. You are the furthest thing from patriotism that I have ever seen and God help you for it.
Whether it be in 1665, 1865, 1965 or 2005…..our armed forces deserve the utmost respect of its citizens and their dignity not only intact but revered.
They are almost the same…war and people in em.
In Virginia, there’s the ever popular “Virginia’s gotta apologize fer slavery” argument which this month went all hellfire. Ya see, MLK day is also Lee/Jackson day here in the state. If all that aint enough, everybody is in this huge bicker over the state spending a bunch of money on cleanin the Robert E Lee statue because it’s the 200th anniversary of his birth.
Great day…so everybody wants the statue removed, he name erased from holidays, the Robert E Lee plate erased from vehicles and all that happy crap.
Meanwhile, across the nation people are screamin to end the war and all that happy crap.
Which ironically both arguments lead to a big ole pile of scheit. Both are very similar you see.
Robert E Lee is a Virginia hero and while the argument is he fought fer slavery, to HIM he was defendin his state from the “invaders.” That he accomplished and was dam good at it. Does that matter these days?? No. Ceasar & Rome.. Dlad Dracula the Impaler… all through history while the motives fer war were not fully understood but to this today they are labeled heros for their great feats. Why label a man a hero who impaled his victims on the battlefield? To they people in that country, he was defendin his homeland. He WAS a hero to them no matter now ugly he fought his battles. My point is that heros are not made out of their beliefs but out of their great deeds and victories fightin for that belief. At least that is how society seems to label heros.
Now, let’s jump forward a few thousand years to today.
Our family, neighbors and friends are far away fightin a war for which we don’t quite understand. They are fightin for their country are they not? The same for the men of Vietnam. They are our heros and defenders from harm. Then why are these men looked down upon? Why were they spit on? Why protest them? Our military today and Robert E Lee are a lot alike you see….they are both being robbed of their dignity simply because a bunch of unpatriotic “Americans” cannot fathom fightin for your country.
Well listen here America….. ( I’m even takin the time to type right on thisun because its that important to me)
The American military should always be our heroes. They have done what very few of us would ever do…they gave themselves to their country and they are willing to die for it. How could you not support and respect that? How can you even think you have all the answers when you do not have a full understanding of the situation at hand? It is not for us to judge when we cannot hear both sides of the cause. People are so self-righteous these days that even if put in such a position one could not possibly even come to a just conclusion.
Jane Fonda. I saw her on the news this morning protesting the war in Iraq. Now we all know about the letters in Vietnam and the cloud of mystery surrounding that story. Yet there you were. Protesting the war and helping to fuel the fire of disrespect that our troops received from American citizens. Here you are again protesting something that you don’t understand. Understand this….the ignorance you spread does make the difference between life and death. You are the furthest thing from patriotism that I have ever seen and God help you for it.
Whether it be in 1665, 1865, 1965 or 2005…..our armed forces deserve the utmost respect of its citizens and their dignity not only intact but revered.