Rescorla Needs No Defense, But Our Family’s Culture Does
Blackfive points this one out.
The husband says…“Do you know this guy? What is the big deal, there are a lot of dead people to read about in here, we will be here all day.”
And I stood horrified. I really did.
ArmyWifeToddlerMom provides a corrective, saying in mitigation “I am not kin”…but she is, she is. Sometimes you just have to address things like this on the spot, and I’m glad the lesson, uh, took. Read the post and you’ll get it.
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June 4th, 2007 at 6:23 pm
Um, aren’t we all “kin”, where it counts in this matter?
I would certainly concede that ArmyWifeToddlerMom is closer kin and has a stronger moral claim and is in a better position to correct Mr. Insensitive Tourist than I. But shouldn’t we all have taken offense at the comment? Isn’t just basic manners to show respect for the dead, especially in some sort of a memorial setting dedicated to a specific person or group? Shouldn’t we be just as offended if we went to the new Native American Museum and Mr. Insensitive Tourist belched, “Sheesh, all this for a bunch a dumb Injuns?”
I don’t know one way or another if the military family needs more defense than any other. I just see a basic lack of manners and sensitivity. If greed was the supposed hallmark of the 1980s, I’m thinking that public bellicosity and coarseness are the hallmarks of the early 21st century.