Memorial Day 2005
Panhandle Truth Squad: Memorial Day 2005: "Today:
Thank you soldiers, and the families of same.
We never forget the sacrifice, the pain.
May your anguish and pride shine above the shallow patriot whose attempt to claim your righteousness only shows the timid darkness of their existence.
It's controversial, but here is Mark Twain's ' The War Prayer. '
The story relates a patriotic church service held to usher the young men of a town off to war. The service continues with a 'long prayer' for the victory of the country's military.
As the prayer closes, an 'aged stranger' enters the church and walks up the aisle to the front of the church where the minister is standing. Motioning the startled minister aside, he begins to relates the 'unmentioned results' that 'follow victory -- must follow it, cannot help but follow it."
Read the story.
Thank you soldiers, and the families of same.
We never forget the sacrifice, the pain.
May your anguish and pride shine above the shallow patriot whose attempt to claim your righteousness only shows the timid darkness of their existence.
It's controversial, but here is Mark Twain's ' The War Prayer. '
The story relates a patriotic church service held to usher the young men of a town off to war. The service continues with a 'long prayer' for the victory of the country's military.
As the prayer closes, an 'aged stranger' enters the church and walks up the aisle to the front of the church where the minister is standing. Motioning the startled minister aside, he begins to relates the 'unmentioned results' that 'follow victory -- must follow it, cannot help but follow it."
Read the story.
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