No Home for You Yet!

The anti-war movement in the US has moved to the simple-minded slogan of “bring the troops home” because of Cindy Sheehan. I guess to balance the scale the anti-war camp has to be foolish and irresponsible too. They are basically saying, “Oops, we really shouldn’t have coming here to hurt you, destroy everything and leave you venerable to the wolves, because it hurts my knuckles. So, bye.” Cindy Sheehan lost her son, so it is understandable for her to feel this way. It is, however, unforgivable when others join in, either to sponge on her grief or to use it to serve their own ends. If you break into someone else’s house, beat them up and trash everything, at the very least, you should pay for all the damages and keep them safe until they can take care of things again. And if they are really nice, they may get ride of you when the time comes, without extracting their pound of flesh. You can’t just leave because it is inconvenient.