Wednesday, May 25, 2005

A new way to look at Memorial day

Soon, Memorial Day will be upon us, and stores will put up bunting and flags to try to lure in more shoppers to do their national duty -- and shop.
Cable and TV networks will run war movies, and the corporate news networks will run file footage of old vets, of new war wounded, to stoke up ratings more than anything else.
But, memorial days, no matter where they occur, aren't about remembering.
They're about forgetting. ...

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