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talkpoliticsHere is a Greenwire article about the recent Supreme Court decision to side with the Dept. of Interior on its transfer of an acre of land to the VFW in order to preserve a religious icon. This is a pretty mundane issue, but some purists may agree with the minority that this is a support of a specific cult. It may seem strange that the VFW chose the symbolic tree of state killing to commemorate WW-I deaths. At least they don't set it on fire like the guys in that white supremacist organization.
I feel sorry for all of those families of war dead who are not members of the cult in question. I don't have any immediate family who participated in that conflict. If I did, I would not feel that the VFW represented those members.
I'm perfectly comfortable with the VFW monument in the national park, especially since they will own the land under the monument. What are your esteamed opinions on the matter?
I feel sorry for all of those families of war dead who are not members of the cult in question. I don't have any immediate family who participated in that conflict. If I did, I would not feel that the VFW represented those members.
I'm perfectly comfortable with the VFW monument in the national park, especially since they will own the land under the monument. What are your esteamed opinions on the matter?
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Date: 29/4/10 17:06 (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 29/4/10 17:07 (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 29/4/10 17:40 (UTC)http://community.livejournal.com/talk_politics/512300.html?thread=36813100#t36813100
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Date: 29/4/10 17:55 (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 29/4/10 18:14 (UTC)And that monument of course has to come in the form of the christian cross.
"If we honor these non-existent dead, can we then start erecting temples to Athena and Mars Ultor to honor all the Pagans who fought and died in the battlefields of the US Civil War (who, BTW, in case you don't get it never existed to start with)?"
So your theory is that there were no Pagans, Atheists, Jews, or Deists who fought in WWI or the Civil War? Your attitude is exactly why things like this matter. Of course a cross is appropriate, because in the old days everyone who mattered was christian.
War memorials should be non-religious or else we run into the situation where every religion needs to be represented.
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Date: 29/4/10 18:23 (UTC)2) No, my theory is that if it was Jews objecting they'd actually have a point because there were a lot of Jews that did fight in the war. Buddhists were technically excluded by a series of racist legislation at the time and so didn't amount to much of the population that fought. The Jews really did fight, the Buddhists who died only exist in Hollywood History.
Besides, it would be one thing if this were a generic memorial to say, California soldiers. This is a memorial to World War I. One is not the same as the other.
Good point.
Date: 29/4/10 23:00 (UTC)Grilling...
Date: 29/4/10 23:02 (UTC)Slack!
Date: 29/4/10 23:03 (UTC)Re: The Whole Truth
Date: 29/4/10 23:05 (UTC)Certainly!
Date: 29/4/10 23:06 (UTC)Buddhists in WW-I
Date: 29/4/10 23:13 (UTC)Re: Slack!
Date: 29/4/10 23:17 (UTC)Why, it's...
Date: 29/4/10 23:18 (UTC)Sufis...
Date: 29/4/10 23:21 (UTC)It's quite simple...
Date: 29/4/10 23:25 (UTC)Hmmm
Date: 29/4/10 23:27 (UTC)Re: Grilling...
Date: 29/4/10 23:58 (UTC)Grilled onions glazed with balsamic vinegar? Grilled summer squash with extra virgin olive oil and rosemary? Grilled asparagus with white truffle oil and shaved parmesan? Grilled corn on the cob? Heck, how about grilled peaches with lemon thyme, butterbean honey and marscapone?
Vegetables and the grill... perfect together.
The Whole Truth
Date: 29/4/10 23:59 (UTC)"Congress had authorized a land swap with the Veterans of Foreign Wars, trading 1 acre of land around the cross in exchange for 5 privately owned acres elsewhere in the preserve."
Congress passed a bill requiring the swap (transfer) by the National Park Service. It was not a giveaway.
Re: The Whole Truth
Date: 29/4/10 23:59 (UTC)Read the damn books:
Date: 30/4/10 01:12 (UTC)Re: Good point.
Date: 30/4/10 01:16 (UTC)Re: Hmmm
Date: 30/4/10 01:20 (UTC)Re: Hmmm
Date: 30/4/10 03:03 (UTC)Re: Read the damn books:
Date: 30/4/10 22:25 (UTC)