Veterans day
"Veteran's Day should be an occasion for a national vow: no more war victims on the other side; no more veterans on our side." This concluding statement of Howard Zinn's article on Veteran's Day emphasizes ample cause on the negative outlook on a war holiday. Having a "Veteran's Day," in one perspective, is a day that honors the men and women (if there were any) for their hard work and dedication in serving their country. From another viewpoint, as taken by this article, a day, like "Veteran's Day," is "instead of an occasion for denouncing war, has become an occasion for bringing out flags, the uniforms, the martial music, the patriotic speeches reeking
The United States went in and found torture chambers of Sadaam Hussein. Zinn mentions that veteran's service in the war has been used as a glorification of war instead of a time to look back and count the deaths and say, "Enough!" If war had really been done away with, renounced, millions, if not more, would have been saved in future (now past) wars. Where did the meaning go in all of our holidays? It would not be a surprise to find that more bodies have been lost through war than by diseases and natural causes. Unfortunately, in some respects, war is the last resort and is taken ONLY to help others with their problems. Christmas, for example, has become a time of Christmas tree purchasing, gift buying, Santa falling down the chimney and eating milk and cookies time of year. " Most, if not all "American" holidays have drifted too far away from the meaning of the holiday or celebration in the first place. This money could be going to something more important, like education, health care, or (share the wealth) and help other countries in need. The veterans of wars should be honored for their services, even if that means some flags or decorations should be hung to display this gratitude. Easter, as another example of an Americanized occasion, has been overfilled with Sunday dresses, Easter egg hunts, baskets from the "Easter bunny", and egg coloring. On all the money people spend on decorations for the countless American holidays that is then thrown away at the end of the occasion billions of dollars have been wasted. Our efforts in war were the last chance to help the citizens and other civilians of the area. There are, though, too many days of celebration in this country. Crime victims could even be added to that number and war casualties would still out number that combined number.
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