http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Thu, 30 Dec 2004 03:56:36 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/11/12/014519.php#comment-105961 I agree, James, with the exception of the word "solely". Memorial Day is an appropriate time to honor our dead ancestors, whether they were US soldiers, RSA soldiers, non-combatants or foreign citizens. Veterans Day, as Cap'n Ken pointed out, should be a time to honor the US Veterans still among us. 105961@blogcritics.org Thu, 30 Dec 2004 03:56:36 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/11/12/014519.php#comment-105954 I agree, confederate ancestors should not be honored with US ancestors. They deserve their own holiday in the South. And since Memorial Day was originally a confederate tradition, I believe that day should be reserved solely to HONOR Confederate dead for giving the "last full measure" to defend the Southland against the Northern invaders and thier illegal war. 105954@blogcritics.org Thu, 30 Dec 2004 02:33:20 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/11/12/014519.php#comment-98162 I had very mixed emotions when I saw a war memorial with a long list of names in a church in Seefeld, Austria. Almost identical in form to the memorials you see in just about every church in Britain. The dates were from World War II 98162@blogcritics.org Fri, 12 Nov 2004 15:40:53 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/11/12/014519.php#comment-98127 Can't argue. I doubt I'd agree with Mac on whether Confederate soldiers should be honored generally, but by definition they were not U.S. soldiers in that war. And moreover, Veterans Day (too often it and Memorial Day are mingled in meaning) is intended to honor living veterans, so also by definition Civil War soldiers wouldn't qualify. One thing I found interesting at the Atlanta Veterans Day parade yesterday was the contingent of ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) soldiers marching. There's apparently a Georgia chapter. Sure, honoring the actions of South Vietnamese soldiers is a good thing, but in the U.S. Veterans Day parade? 98127@blogcritics.org Fri, 12 Nov 2004 11:09:30 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/11/12/014519.php#comment-98100 I agree with you on this one: a whole different category entirely. In the interest of reconciliation, there is a long tradition of honoring the former enemy, but not at the same time or in the same way as those who have fought FOR you and not AGAINST you. 98100@blogcritics.org Fri, 12 Nov 2004 08:17:12 EST