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Originally posted by Tom Earp
The 3/4 Viet Nam Wall is In KC, Ks. I went to see it with My Best Friends Wife as He was working Security there.
I figured I would never be able to see the original in Washington, DC. So, I felt a need to go see it.
I am sure that many have seen pictures of THe Wall. But to walk by it and see the Names of 58,000 + etched on the Black Granite is very touching. I know I got misty eyes and did not know a one of them. But these Brave Men and Women are remembered for what they did for our Country.
There was also a special Pictorial of People from Kansas Killed and a Pictorial of those lost in Iraq.
I also agree in a sense that there is no need for a Legislative Amendment, But there needs something to be done for Showing Respect.
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Tom I'm going to have to go with the saying "you can't legislate respect" - for a more lasting and meaningful respect for the symbols of a nation, people need to be educated. This is borrowing from a debate that briefly appeared up here about similar legislation... until the Queen stated that 'education not legislation can only endear true respect, for the meaning and spirit that the regalia and symbols of the Canadian history and nation' (paraphrased).
Personally I have always held the belief that a return to "civics leasons" should be re-examined - instead of being told of what the symbols mean; and what sacrifices are represented by those symbols - students should be allowed a more personal experience...
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