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By Callimachus | Related entries in Bad Decisions, In The News, Military

… for trespassing … in a veterans’ cemetery … which they entered to remove the white flags an anti-war group had planted there.

This entry was posted on Friday, November 11th, 2005 and is filed under Bad Decisions, In The News, Military. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

8 Responses to “Veterans arrested”

  1. Striving For Average » Blog Archive » Veteran’s Day Says:
    November 11th, 2005 at 5:56 pm

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  2. Justin Gardner Says:
    November 11th, 2005 at 6:53 pm

    Cal, I think you’re missing a pretty important fact in this post. The peace activists (as the original story calls them) had a permit to fly those flags. The veterans violated it by taking them down. That’s why there were arrested.

  3. Callimachus Says:
    November 11th, 2005 at 8:11 pm

    Sorry. I’m still on the side of the veterans. Remember civil disobedience?

  4. tommy Says:
    November 11th, 2005 at 9:06 pm

    A veterans cemetary is no place for a protest. Same thing applies to a hospital.

  5. Justin Gardner Says:
    November 11th, 2005 at 11:17 pm

    Sorry. I’m still on the side of the veterans. Remember civil disobedience?

    Fair enough, but I still think the story needed to be put into context. It’s not like some wily protesters were just throwing stuff up in a graveyard. And I’m perfectly fine with the veterans taking action, but with actions come consequences. And perhaps the city will reconsider giving activists permits to display their tributes to peace in that area next time.

    A veterans cemetary is no place for a protest. Same thing applies to a hospital.

    I appreciate that, but apparently the city felt differently in this situation.

  6. tommy Says:
    November 12th, 2005 at 12:37 am

    I understand the city felt differently, but I think that is more a reflection of how the country no longer understands it’s veterans, or the meaning and significance those cemetaries hold for us. There are simply some things that aren’t done on hallowed ground.

  7. Justin Gardner Says:
    November 12th, 2005 at 5:36 pm

    I understand the city felt differently, but I think that is more a reflection of how the country no longer understands it’s veterans, or the meaning and significance those cemetaries hold for us. There are simply some things that aren’t done on hallowed ground.

    Good point.

  8. Sooc Says:
    August 8th, 2006 at 3:28 am

    Good job.

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