What is the meaning of the two holidays that commemorate the people who sacrificed their lives for our country? In World War one and two the entire country had a sense of involvement at a very personal level. From purchasing war bonds or saving food. There were enlistment posters that focused on patriotism, loyalty to country & neighbors, and the honor of doing right by beating wrong. In the context of Today what do those word mean? I think of the Tom Cruise Jack Nicholson movie A Few Good Men. When Nicholson’s character accuses Tom Cruise saying that Cruise and his friends use those words for mockery and derision. . In small towns of Northern Maine the entire town will come out. The parade is followed by the community stopping at the one possibly 2 cemeteries maybe a service at a church, a gun salute the cookout and camaraderie of veterans and family friends of the veterans. Whereas where I live an enclave of “well educated” secular, members of the more affluent sector of Maine’s society. Attendance at the Parade is smaller then the town with one twentieth iour population. The country is split by members of a generation who have decided to value all wars as immoral which in my opinion they are, but even immoral, there are wars that need to be fought and those that do not. Today only a small percentage of the population feels the impact of this war. I am not sure if this objectivity is beneficial or a problem for society?
What is the meaning of the two holidays that commemorate the people who sacrificed their lives for our country? In World War one and two the entire country had a sense of involvement at a very personal level. From purchasing war bonds or saving food. There were enlistment posters that focused on patriotism, loyalty to country & neighbors, and the honor of doing right by beating wrong. In the context of Today what do those word mean? I think of the Tom Cruise Jack Nicholson movie A Few Good Men. When Nicholson’s character accuses Tom Cruise saying that Cruise and his friends use those words for mockery and derision. . In small towns of Northern Maine the entire town will come out. The parade is followed by the community stopping at the one possibly 2 cemeteries maybe a service at a church, a gun salute the cookout and camaraderie of veterans and family friends of the veterans. Whereas where I live an enclave of “well educated” secular, members of the more affluent sector of Maine’s society. Attendance at the Parade is smaller then the town with one twentieth iour population. The country is split by members of a generation who have decided to value all wars as immoral which in my opinion they are, but even immoral, there are wars that need to be fought and those that do not. Today only a small percentage of the population feels the impact of this war. I am not sure if this objectivity is beneficial or a problem for society?