Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Give Me a W! Give Me an A! Give Me a R!
And yes, I know I just quoted the insufferable Head. So screw me.
Needless to say, Michelle Malkin isn't satisfied with the Flight 93 memorial. Sure, she manages to throw in the whole "We can't show Muslims that we accept them as people!" thing she does she well, but apparently, the main reason she's objected to the memorial is because it's not angry enough. In Michelle's mind, a memorial to the death of American citizens should be a celebration of war and the fighting spirit.
Christ. I thought we all learned this after Vietnam: war is not a game. War is not the American pasttime. While the men who fight wars deserve to be celebrated, war itself is a bloody, awful mess that is only occasionally fought for the right causes.
Do you know why no one celebrates abortion? Do you know why no one describes themselves as "pro-abortion"? Because abortion, like war, is a necessary evil. No one does it for mere shits and giggles, but because it's preferable to other options. By celebrating war, we encourage people to throw their lives away for a cause that could have been resolved by other means.
I want the Flight 93 memorial as it is: evocative of peace and reflection, a state that our nation, God willing, may one day return to. And I don't want jingoistic cheerleaders like Malkin ruining that.
Needless to say, Michelle Malkin isn't satisfied with the Flight 93 memorial. Sure, she manages to throw in the whole "We can't show Muslims that we accept them as people!" thing she does she well, but apparently, the main reason she's objected to the memorial is because it's not angry enough. In Michelle's mind, a memorial to the death of American citizens should be a celebration of war and the fighting spirit.
Christ. I thought we all learned this after Vietnam: war is not a game. War is not the American pasttime. While the men who fight wars deserve to be celebrated, war itself is a bloody, awful mess that is only occasionally fought for the right causes.
Do you know why no one celebrates abortion? Do you know why no one describes themselves as "pro-abortion"? Because abortion, like war, is a necessary evil. No one does it for mere shits and giggles, but because it's preferable to other options. By celebrating war, we encourage people to throw their lives away for a cause that could have been resolved by other means.
I want the Flight 93 memorial as it is: evocative of peace and reflection, a state that our nation, God willing, may one day return to. And I don't want jingoistic cheerleaders like Malkin ruining that.
