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Scootaloo

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1. That last one is rather vile, I think.
Sat May 26, 2012, 06:25 AM
May 2012

And to be honest, I really detest memorial day editorial cartoons. They all have this false, schmaltzy feel about them, and it's always some sort of self-righteous chest-thump about "we remember" or "honor the past" or - this one always crops up - some aged veteran standing over the grave of one of his fellow servicemen, in uniform, granddaughter in tow. Always.

It has the same hollow, empty sentiment of a hallmark card. And every year, it's the same formula.

We don't honor, we don't remember. As a society, we've failed on this, hard. If we honored, we wouldn't let our veterans moulder without health care. If we remembered we wouldn't be putting so many kids into the dirt.

So don't give me these bullshit images of white gravestones and helmets on rifles. Spare me the feel-good prose that's sure to pour out of the editorial pages this weekend. If the editorialists want to say something about Memorial Day, then let it be about how we need to live up to all the feel-good bullshit they were going to say.

That last one is rather vile, I think. Scootaloo May 2012 #1
Amen to that. Loge23 May 2012 #2
I think you mean the first one. ellisonz May 2012 #4
I wasn't ranting at you, Ellisonz Scootaloo May 2012 #6
And also - no, I meant the last one; different rant Scootaloo May 2012 #8
Agreed... awoke_in_2003 May 2012 #5
kick rhett o rick May 2012 #3
ya tjc1234 May 2012 #7
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