This weekend

[Doc]

This weekend is memorial weekend.

This morning I was up at 5:30, out the door at 5:45 to be at my school to plant American flags on the graves of dead men and women who served in the military at a local graveyard. I arrived at 6:15 and we left at 6:45.

We drove a bit and arrived at the local VFW chapter headquarters, where they gave us free breakfast.

We left there and came to the graveyard. We split into groups of 4 and started our task. Each group got a list of names, a few bundles of flags, and if you were lucky, something to make a hole in the ground with so you don't break the flag by trying to stab it into the ground.

I was in charge of making the hole in the ground at the graves, and I believe I did my job well. I was given a prebar to use, which is basically like a 4" long iron bar, about as big around as a pencil.

Anyways, I was making a hole on this one grave beside the road. An old lady pulled up, she was being driven by (I assume) a friend. She walked up to me, and she was shaking very badly and crying, and she asked for a flag to plant on her dead husband's grave. I gave her the flag I was about to put into the ground, and she walked across the street and planted it in a vase on her husband's grave.

Her husband died last year. It was a sad moment, and I felt sympathy for her.

A man, who apparently served in Fallujah, was present. He was tattooed up, and I could tell immediatley that he had already been drinking this morning. He thanked us, gave a half-ass salute and was on his way.

We left later, and I got home, slept, and then cut the grass.

Nevertheless, this weekend is memorial weekend. Please take a second to thank the fallen men and women, and veterans, for their service to our country.

tl;dr: read the above short paragraph ^

Edited May 29, 2011 by Doc is Death

[Beeppudnolan]

I rep my troops 4 real

[Tristan]

Thanks for posting this Doc, always grateful for those who sacrifice so much.

[Emeraldwpn]

much appreciated, Doc

[Cpatel23]

i approve

[Doc]

Thanks everybody.

It can make you feel very good inside.

[Jake]

I've done that on multiple Memorial Day weekends. Good on ya

[Milan]

This weekend I'm getting shitfaced.

[Tidin L]

I condone rape but support rapist.

[Doc]

I condone rape but support rapist.

Um

What?

Are you saying that by me doing what I did today, I have somehow contradicted myself? If so, what is it that I contradicted?

[Jake]

I condone rape but support rapist.

Um

What?

Are you saying that by me doing what I did today, I have somehow contradicted myself? If so, what is it that I contradicted?

condone does not mean what you think it means

[Doc]

I condone rape but support rapist.

Um

What?

Are you saying that by me doing what I did today, I have somehow contradicted myself? If so, what is it that I contradicted?

condone does not mean what you think it means

con·done/k?n?d?n/Verb

1. Accept and allow (behavior that is considered morally wrong or offensive) to continue.

2. Approve or sanction (something)

It actually is exactly what I thought it meant.

[Tidin L]

I wasn't speaking to you directly. I find it funny that people support war and the killing of people who have not had a direct/indirect attack on our national security. You could also say something along the lines of, "Rape is wrong, but I support rapist" (for the people who don't support war but support our troops).

[Mike]

[Emeraldwpn]

I wasn't speaking to you directly. I find it funny that people support war and the killing of people who have not had a direct/indirect attack on our national security. You could also say something along the lines of, "Rape is wrong, but I support rapist" (for the people who don't support war but support our troops).

Troops do more than just go to war.

[Tidin L]

I wasn't speaking to you directly. I find it funny that people support war and the killing of people who have not had a direct/indirect attack on our national security. You could also say something along the lines of, "Rape is wrong, but I support rapist" (for the people who don't support war but support our troops).

Troops do more than just go to war.

Ok?

[Emeraldwpn]

I wasn't speaking to you directly. I find it funny that people support war and the killing of people who have not had a direct/indirect attack on our national security. You could also say something along the lines of, "Rape is wrong, but I support rapist" (for the people who don't support war but support our troops).

Troops do more than just go to war.

Ok?

maybe i didn't understand your post then. nevermind

[Mike]

I wasn't speaking to you directly. I find it funny that people support war and the killing of people who have not had a direct/indirect attack on our national security. You could also say something along the lines of, "Rape is wrong, but I support rapist" (for the people who don't support war but support our troops).

Troops do more than just go to war.

Ok?

maybe i didn't understand your post then. nevermind

THen that makes two of us.

[Doc]

I wasn't speaking to you directly. I find it funny that people support war and the killing of people who have not had a direct/indirect attack on our national security. You could also say something along the lines of, "Rape is wrong, but I support rapist" (for the people who don't support war but support our troops).

Troops do more than just go to war.

Ok?

maybe i didn't understand your post then. nevermind

THen that makes two of us.

I get it.

He doesn't understand why people are anti-war AND pro-troop, but I can say why.

When you're a soldier, you do as ordered. You can't disobey your commanding officer. That means when you're told to get on Plane #___ or whatever, that you're going to a foreign country, you do it. You ever hear of a thing called a draft? It isn't implemented now, but was.

As for the

killing of people who have not had a direct/indirect attack on our national security.

, do you know what Jihad is?

ji·had/ji?häd/Noun

1. (among Muslims) A war or struggle against unbelievers.

Whether you like it or not, if you're non-Muslim (a nonbeliever, or infidel), the people who believe in this Jihad are at war with you.

[Zach]

I wasn't speaking to you directly. I find it funny that people support war and the killing of people who have not had a direct/indirect attack on our national security. You could also say something along the lines of, "Rape is wrong, but I support rapist" (for the people who don't support war but support our troops).

Troops are there to defend their country. They aren't the political figures who sometimes make poor military decisions. Disapproving one doesn't mean you have disapprove the other.