It just never seemed like a very dignified way of acting on Memorial Day. Has the true meaning of Memorial Day just disappeared? Is this what is going to happen to 9/11 in like 20 years?
2007-05-28 04:06:09 · 20 answers · asked by Johnny's Girl 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
This is for Gwynfor L: I am not that kind of American who thinks the world revolves around us, I was asking the question for the Americans on here obviously, and didn't really expect someone who was not to really care.
2007-05-28 04:19:07 · update #1
None of our holidays are celebrated the way they were meant to be celebrated. It's all an excuse for drinking.
2007-05-28 04:08:58 · answer #1 · answered by kitten lover3 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The way I see it, there are only 365 days in a year.....something happened on every one of those day at some point in history.
Some of those days we recognise as being more significant than others sure....but basically something happened on every day.
For the rest of us, life goes on.....I don't mean that in a flippant manner, it simply does.
I don't imagine for a moment that anyone who has sacrificed themselves for us in the past would want to think that they did so for us to be miserable.
I imagine they would want it to have been worthwhile......and for us to benefit from what they did.
I don't think they would mind us having a barbecue and a beer on such a day....it may not be what they died for but I sure think us BEING ABLE TO is what they died for.
Having a barbecue and a beer and even a good time doesn't stop us being grateful that we are alive and able to do so.
2007-05-28 11:17:36 · answer #2 · answered by Angela D 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If I was an American I would think marching on Washington and driving out the war mongering politicians like Bush would be a better thing to do. As I'm not, I couldn't care less what you did on your holidays. Having said that, you might like to think that the USA isn't the only nation in the world, and cease assuming that "we" applies to everyone in the world.
2007-05-28 11:13:08 · answer #3 · answered by Nodality 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
To rejoice in the memories of our loved ones is not undignified. Just like with funerals, with most religions people have a function after wards with food, laughter and yes sometimes drinks. It's not the dead that we should mourn. It's the living.
2007-05-28 11:13:18 · answer #4 · answered by Thumper 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Having lost friends in war I do bbq & drink because I know if they were still alive they would be doing the same thing but I also go to grave sites in the morning & put flags on the graves of fallen family members.
2007-05-28 11:18:54 · answer #5 · answered by Grunt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I look at as a celebration of those who have gave all for our country. I feel it is a time that draws people together,for good fellowship and good food. My loved ones that have been lost,would appreciate that more ,than me sitting solemn and crying.
2007-05-28 11:14:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not about the barbeque and beer it's about the fellowship of being with friends and family...the barbeque and beer are just perks....Happy Memorial Day
2007-05-28 11:15:11 · answer #7 · answered by proud2btysmom 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Many people do have memorial services to honor lost, fallen and current soldiers.
2007-05-28 11:09:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I said the same thing to some friends of mine. I thought it was kind of morbid us celebrating but if you look at it, our soldiers died for our rights and freedom. I think that's the focus to remember and celebrate.
2007-05-28 11:14:03 · answer #9 · answered by Gir 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
everything is relative, what works for one may not work for another.
just look at funerals in New Orleans!
celebrate or remember in your own way
2007-05-28 11:10:01 · answer #10 · answered by SweetieGoat 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋