As usual, I'm relying on the writing and speaking of someone with superior skills in these areas to express my own general thoughts regarding the subject of Memorial Day, which of course is related to war and militarism. That someone in this case is David Swanson. If you've never heard of him, well, I hadn't either before this year. One can chalk up such obscurity to the fact of living in a dystopian world, one in which radical advocates for peace and justice generally toil in obscurity.
The 2 links below are to a fairly lengthy essay by Swanson titled Memorial Day THIS and to a fairly lengthy talk he gave to a peace and justice group. Both are excellent. The paragraph below is an excerpt from the essay.
President John F. Kennedy wrote in a letter to a friend something he would never have put in a speech: “War will exist until the distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige as the warrior does today.”
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