Remembering Means Honoring

I typically don't post things like this, but there's just been so much negativity, I can't really keep my mouth shut.

This day, ten years ago, was a very big deal.  There's no sense in ignoring it.  Whining and quibbling about the abundance of coverage marking the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks is more than just a little rude.  Regardless of how you feel about the country's handling of the aftermath, thousands of people died that day.  When you make comments degrading the coverage or blatantly state you're ignoring the day's meaning, you're basically throwing a giant pile of garbage on the memories of those people.  If you're so gung-ho about not participating in any activity to memorialize the 10th anniversary of September 11th, then just go about your business as normal.  There's no need to make any remarks or derragatory comments.  Let those who choose to participate honor the fallen in their own way.  Yes, some will take it to the extreme but so what?  How does that impact you?  Does it impede your life so much that you have to make it your facebook status?  I'm guessing no.

I'm not exactly the hugest supporter of war or any of former President Bush's tactics (weapons of mass destruction, anyone?), but I do support those men and women who choose to serve their country and fight.  Plenty of my friends are members of various military branches and I support the efforts they make to maintain my rights and my freedoms.  I support the fact that they willingly put their lives on the line to make sure the world knows America is a force to be reckoned with.

Those who choose to honor the memories of the soldiers, firemen, police officers, and every day men and women who lost their lives because of what happened that day, let them.  Whether you choose to acknowledge it or not, what happened 10 years ago changed our country forever.