May 28, 2007

A Memorial Day for the Pacifist

As a former Airman in the U.S. Air Force, I just want to take the time to say thank you to all of the anti-war demonstrators and pacifists of both today and wars gone by. I mean this sincerely. Even in the most just of wars, voices of dissent are for me a welcome addition to our public discourse. In this country we value freedom, freedom to speak our mind and voice our dissent. So on this day that we remember our men and women in uniform who gave their lives, I want to remember those who's voices of dissent, have mitigated the loss of life.

I may yet be employed by the military-industrial complex, and I am not a pacifist. (though I wish I was) But I have a deep respect for those who are, or who believe that a particular war is unjust and are willing to do something about it. To them I say thank you.

1 comment:

David Baxley said...

Respectfully I must say: Thank them on another day. This day IS NOT for them. Please don't try to make it about anyone but those who did give their lives for freedom. It is disrespectful of those this this day is for, especially since many pacifist devalue what those men and women died doing, fighting.
Thank You