"You can show respect for the young men who fought and died in wars without agreeing with it."
Absolutely. But if you do, expect to get shit anyway. I grew up in the military. I was taught to respect the military. Respect the troops but not necessarily the jobs they were deployed to take care of. My father, the career officer, also taught me that.
COMMENT: Ben Franklin said, "I imagine a man must have a good deal of vanity who believes, and a good deal of boldness who affirms, that all doctrines he holds are true, and all he rejects are false."
"You can show respect for the young men who fought and died in wars without agreeing with it."
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. But if you do, expect to get shit anyway. I grew up in the military. I was taught to respect the military. Respect the troops but not necessarily the jobs they were deployed to take care of. My father, the career officer, also taught me that.
We've been waiting for peace to break out since the beginning of time, haven't we?
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