One would think that Memorial Day, with the wonderful weather and many people's small vacation, would bring joy to my heart. Instead I feel rather sad. Memorial Day is the day set aside to remember those who have died in war. Why would one rejoice on such a day?
I was watching 60 Minutes, and at the end Mickey Rooney gives the world his 2 cents on specific topics. Tonight he talked about his views of Memorial Day; he told us how he has a lot more to remember than most people, for he served in World War II and lost many of his best friends. He said one thing that I think will stick with me forever -- he wishes that Memorial Day was focused around something other than remembering. Instead he wished this day was centered around the creation of "perhaps a new religion" where War was no longer used as a way to solve this world's problems. He wished that instead of us focusing on what he had lost we should focus on those who we could lose, those "teenage boys and girls" who will die in this war now.
I want to make a religion where War is no longer used. It makes so much sense. Why do we even allow it? How can we even think that war is the answer to anything in life?
It makes me feel very alone. I don't know why, it's just how I feel right now.
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