http://sillydad.com/silly/2007/05/30/honoring-those-who-sacrifice/ Blog Dedicated to the Stay at Home Dad Fri, 11 Jun 2010 22:00:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://sillydad.com/silly/2007/05/30/honoring-those-who-sacrifice/comment-page-1/#comment-21552 Ben Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:47:05 +0000 http://sillydad.com/silly/?p=165#comment-21552 oh, sorry I forget to add that while in warfare it is necessary to kill, any loss of life whether enemy or not should be viewed as a tragedy. Remember, God loves all people no matter what they have done. At times people will need to kill, especially in warfare, however it is often trivialized as just an enemy. Remember everyone has parents and siblings and people that love them and people they love. And most importantly, God loves everyone, so we must be careful not to trivialize the lives of anyone who dies. And we should seek to use moments like memorial day and veterans day to reflect on how we as human beings, not just as Americans, can take action to hopefully prevent more bllodshed in the future. oh, sorry I forget to add that while in warfare it is necessary to kill, any loss of life whether enemy or not should be viewed as a tragedy. Remember, God loves all people no matter what they have done. At times people will need to kill, especially in warfare, however it is often trivialized as just an enemy. Remember everyone has parents and siblings and people that love them and people they love. And most importantly, God loves everyone, so we must be careful not to trivialize the lives of anyone who dies. And we should seek to use moments like memorial day and veterans day to reflect on how we as human beings, not just as Americans, can take action to hopefully prevent more bllodshed in the future.

]]> http://sillydad.com/silly/2007/05/30/honoring-those-who-sacrifice/comment-page-1/#comment-21551 Ben Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:42:08 +0000 http://sillydad.com/silly/?p=165#comment-21551 I think the real focus of Memorial Day should not just be on the sacrifice made by our soldiers, but rather on the destructive nature of warfare itself and how these sacrifices should not remembered as made only for protection of the homeland, but in the hope that such sacrifices will prevent future fighting and loss of life. Remembering those who died is great and their sacrifice is huge, but holidays like this sometimes take on a militaristic glorification of warfare tone which degrades the sacrifices made. Wars should be glorified, they should be viewed shamefully, even when you have fought on the side of justice. They are shameful in that they represent the failure of mankind in carrying out the one commandment that matters, love they neighbor as thyself (paraphrasing). Warfare is not good it breeds immorality and attracts individuals of ill repute. I think the real focus of Memorial Day should not just be on the sacrifice made by our soldiers, but rather on the destructive nature of warfare itself and how these sacrifices should not remembered as made only for protection of the homeland, but in the hope that such sacrifices will prevent future fighting and loss of life. Remembering those who died is great and their sacrifice is huge, but holidays like this sometimes take on a militaristic glorification of warfare tone which degrades the sacrifices made. Wars should be glorified, they should be viewed shamefully, even when you have fought on the side of justice. They are shameful in that they represent the failure of mankind in carrying out the one commandment that matters, love they neighbor as thyself (paraphrasing). Warfare is not good it breeds immorality and attracts individuals of ill repute.

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