Today is Memorial Day.
In spite of our current President, I still hope that, one day, people will be able to look at military installations and armaments in much the same way they look at Stonehenge: as monuments to practices abandoned. That, to me, is the only way the millions of combat-related deaths and mutilations will have any meaning. In other words, those wasted lives and bodies will matter if they teach us that we don't have to squander our talent and treasure.
Now, I hope none of this sounds so lugubrious that you won't go for a bike ride. If you do, be safe. I don't want this day to be a memorial for you, before your time!
In spite of our current President, I still hope that, one day, people will be able to look at military installations and armaments in much the same way they look at Stonehenge: as monuments to practices abandoned. That, to me, is the only way the millions of combat-related deaths and mutilations will have any meaning. In other words, those wasted lives and bodies will matter if they teach us that we don't have to squander our talent and treasure.
Now, I hope none of this sounds so lugubrious that you won't go for a bike ride. If you do, be safe. I don't want this day to be a memorial for you, before your time!
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