pardon my rant
the news was playing at the fitness center while i was working out today. and though i had my ipod playing, the captions were turned on the tv so i could still read what was going on. something about a law regulating how close protesters are allowed to be to a military funeral.
now i'm all for peaceful protest, and people being free to voice their opinions and stand up for what they believe is right (or wrong, as the case may be). and i may not agree with this war. or any war for that matter... i really just don't understand how war in any case is actually helping anything, but unfortunately it may be too late for the world in that regard. but these protesters were standing outside a military funeral holding signs with phrases like "God hates you" and "this is God's retribution for America"
first of all, it's God's place to judge, not ours. whatever happened to the separation of church and state? now my opinion may be that america's actions are not in line with what God wants... but that doesn't make it my place to stand outside with poster board on a stick and tell people God hates them! isn't that missing the point? i was under the impression God loved all people, regardless of their sins. i'll gladly stand outside with signs proclaiming that this war is killing innocent people and that is unnecessary and inhumane. but who thinks they have the right to stand outside a funeral and say "this military man or woman deserved to die because we as americans are killing others"?? again. these people are missing the point.
i was so frustrated and upset watching this brief news segment. why do we need a law stating how close protesters can be from a military funeral? it's a funeral! have some respect! i don't care what your opinion is about the war or our country or politics. someone has died. and of unnatural causes, no less. it's a tragedy. and their family and friends are mourning. some of them probably agreed with the war. some probably didn't. it doesn't matter. for just a little while, opinions don't matter. it's a funeral.
moments like this make me lose a little more faith in the world. whatever happened to humanity? doesn't anyone care about people anymore?
now i'm all for peaceful protest, and people being free to voice their opinions and stand up for what they believe is right (or wrong, as the case may be). and i may not agree with this war. or any war for that matter... i really just don't understand how war in any case is actually helping anything, but unfortunately it may be too late for the world in that regard. but these protesters were standing outside a military funeral holding signs with phrases like "God hates you" and "this is God's retribution for America"
first of all, it's God's place to judge, not ours. whatever happened to the separation of church and state? now my opinion may be that america's actions are not in line with what God wants... but that doesn't make it my place to stand outside with poster board on a stick and tell people God hates them! isn't that missing the point? i was under the impression God loved all people, regardless of their sins. i'll gladly stand outside with signs proclaiming that this war is killing innocent people and that is unnecessary and inhumane. but who thinks they have the right to stand outside a funeral and say "this military man or woman deserved to die because we as americans are killing others"?? again. these people are missing the point.
i was so frustrated and upset watching this brief news segment. why do we need a law stating how close protesters can be from a military funeral? it's a funeral! have some respect! i don't care what your opinion is about the war or our country or politics. someone has died. and of unnatural causes, no less. it's a tragedy. and their family and friends are mourning. some of them probably agreed with the war. some probably didn't. it doesn't matter. for just a little while, opinions don't matter. it's a funeral.
moments like this make me lose a little more faith in the world. whatever happened to humanity? doesn't anyone care about people anymore?
posted by KTB at
10:22 PM
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