Holidays and the Military
Fresh off from Independence Day there are many thoughts brewing in my mind. That which I wish to relay to you today concerns, not surprisingly, the military. Specifically, I would like to bring up my annoyance at the constant reminders that we need to "thank those who have fought and are fighting for our 'freedoms'." Now, I won't even get into the fact that it is difficult to point to a specific instance in the last 200 years when any military action by the United States government actually did defend our traditional freedoms.
On 13 Jul 2006 10:32:05 -0700, "Dave Fritzinger" Personally, as a user of Windows XP on my Intel iMac, I see no...
The issue I would like to broach is the fact that every holiday is now being turned into a thank-the-troops marathon. Memorial Day, Veterans Day, I suppose I can handle those. But Christmas? Independence Day? Please. I'm still waiting for Halloween to be taken over with the constant barrage of "remember those have allowed us to celebrate this pagan holiday of free-loading candy grubbers and vandalism."
This is just my tiny revolt.