[onlooker]

As Memorial Day is tomorrow good to remember War is the stuff of hate and intolerance.  We can attain all the tecnological progress imaginable but if we cannot live in harmony with each other and treasure a sense of peace,  we will continue as a hapless and restless species which has been a hallmark of our evolution

[onlooker]

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And also this

[Cog]

“Anyone who clings to the historically untrue—and thoroughly immoral—doctrine that, ‘violence never settles anything’ I would advise to conjure the ghosts of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington and let them debate it. The ghost of Hitler could referee, and the jury might well be the Dodo, the Great Auk and the Passenger Pigeon. Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and freedom.” --Heinlein

[KaiserJeep]

The purpose of Memorial Day is to remember those who gave their lives to preserve our country and way of life. We all swore this oath:

I, <name>, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God."

(Title 10, US Code; Act of 5 May 1960 replacing the wording first adopted in 1789, with amendment effective 5 October 1962).

...and on that day we honor those that died upholding the oath. So please do not bicker over politics. For the record, I am never happy on Memorial Day, I have a tradition of military service in my family, and a Great Uncle still on engine room watch on USS Arizona.

[Newfie]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cog', '�')��Anyone who clings to the historically untrue—and thoroughly immoral—doctrine that, ‘violence never settles anything’ I would advise to conjure the ghosts of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington and let them debate it. The ghost of Hitler could referee, and the jury might well be the Dodo, the Great Auk and the Passenger Pigeon. Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and freedom.” --Heinlein

[onlooker]

"Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor,". Maybe so. But that doesn't make it right. The dichotomy of competiton and cooperation is a central one in all social animals. Ultimately, it has made no sense to fight with each other in a world of plenty for all.

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('onlooker', 'A')s Memorial Day is tomorrow good to remember War is the stuff of hate and intolerance. 

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Newfie', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cog', '�')��Anyone who clings to the historically untrue—and thoroughly immoral—doctrine that, ‘violence never settles anything’ I would advise to conjure the ghosts of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington and let them debate it. The ghost of Hitler could referee, and the jury might well be the Dodo, the Great Auk and the Passenger Pigeon. Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and freedom.” --Heinlein

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('onlooker', '&')quot;Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor,". Maybe so. But that doesn't make it right.

[Plantagenet]

God bless the USA and all those who have fought and died for our freedoms

ROCK ON!

[careinke]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('KaiserJeep', 'T')he purpose of Memorial Day is to remember those who gave their lives to preserve our country and way of life. We all swore this oath:

I, <name>, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God."

(Title 10, US Code; Act of 5 May 1960 replacing the wording first adopted in 1789, with amendment effective 5 October 1962).

...and on that day we honor those that died upholding the oath. So please do not bicker over politics. For the record, I am never happy on Memorial Day, I have a tradition of military service in my family, and a Great Uncle still on engine room watch on USS Arizona.