Prologue - Why Say Anything? Memorial Day comes and goes and each year I increasingly make a point of ignoring it - to the extent that's possible in the current performative culture. I mean no disrespect to my fellow veterans or to the warriors who came before us and gave their “last, full measure of devotion.” Indeed, I come not to bury, but to praise them. They truly were honorable men who, through no fault of their own, served a country that now performs the patriotic rituals a little too hard, with the zeal possible only to those who know nothing of the principles that animated those sacrifices. I have no use for yellow ribbon magnets on minivans or lying sociopaths uttering banal phrases and inanities while placing wreaths on the graves of my ancestors, my friends... my advance party across the Styx.
It is so. That we who have heard are Country calling are killing ourselves at the rapid rate. We are forced to listen to “the banal” catechism of “thank you for service” knowing they don’t mean it, don’t know us, don’t care and hide behind gated walls and tell us to sacrifice more. For them. This weekend and Vereran’s Day become more and more immeasurably sad, but then I recall those infamous words “we few, we happy few….” Yes the castrated men of America hold their honor cheap, but we don’t…we don’t.
This bit of writing that you have posted has really hit home and for a moment I don’t feel so alone in my stand.
It is so. That we who have heard are Country calling are killing ourselves at the rapid rate. We are forced to listen to “the banal” catechism of “thank you for service” knowing they don’t mean it, don’t know us, don’t care and hide behind gated walls and tell us to sacrifice more. For them. This weekend and Vereran’s Day become more and more immeasurably sad, but then I recall those infamous words “we few, we happy few….” Yes the castrated men of America hold their honor cheap, but we don’t…we don’t.
This bit of writing that you have posted has really hit home and for a moment I don’t feel so alone in my stand.
Semper Fidelis
Semper fidelis, my friend. Thank you for your service.
Hope your stand has unobstructed views.