Honoring the Dead and the Fallen?
And this posting was actually written a while ago on my other blog....Today (Which was actually a while ago by now...), is Memorial Day in America. A celebration of the war day. Another
one of those patriotic holidays. The flag wavers are out and yellow
ribbons, badges of honor, medals, parades, marches, prayers, patriotic
songs, tributes and ceremonies are being broadcast everywhere. The
headlines read "Honor the dead soldiers, honor the fallen soldiers and
comrades". Today is the ultimate patriotic fanatic holiday. My question
of the day; for what reason is it an honor to volunteer to be fodder
for the canon. For what reason is it an honor to die for nothing, to
fight for reasons that do not exist, to fight against the flesh for
powers that be that one cannot even see. For what reason is it an honor
to be so poor that one will volunteer their life in exchange for money
after one leaves the service, if one leaves the service. For what
reason is it an honor for persons to be brainwashed with propaganda,
theirs or mine. For what reason is it an honor to become a violent
person and pick up a gun and kill another person for no reason at all.
For what reason is it an honor to be a veteran who now make up the
majority of the homeless population. For what reason is it an honor to
attend one of those military sponsored funerals and cry over the image
of a flag that propagates violence, the same flag that caused ones
death. For what reason is it an honor to fall and die for nothing. For
what reason is it an honor to promote this ideology. What is heroic
about all of this? And why does the word "Patriot" have the word "Riot"
in it? And why does the word "Military" militant militia have the word
"Mal" in it? "Parens Patriarch, Father of our country", that phrase
seems to be the basis of endless deaths of the world. I saw Michael
Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 documentary. It is nineteen eighty four and
Orwellianism is everywhere at its best today. Is it written somewhere
that this must all come to pass? Happy beach bar b queing Memorial day.
Peace on earth. And what does this have to do with a No Police State?




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