DISRESPECTING OUR FALLEN SOLDIERS
I must be getting more emotional as I grow older -- and realize more than ever that our precious freedom can be directly attributed to all of those who gave their lives for our nation. So I am greatly offended when the iconic image of a fallen soldier is used to hawk goods and services. I have removed the name of the company because I do not believe that they recognize how disrespectful they have been to the fallen.
So, for all those companies and individuals who might not know what they are doing: Memorial day is a day on which those brave soldiers who died in active military service are remembered. I may celebrate the good times I had with my friends who did not return from Nam or conflicts around the world, but I would never dishonor their memory by using the occasion to sell products and services.
-- steve
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