A soldier has asked why the flag is not lowered to half-mast when soldiers are killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, as it was lowered to honor the 32 students & teachers at Blacksburg, VA. Well, duh! If they did that, the flag would be permanently in that position. I suppose they could raise and lower it each day. But then we would be more conscious of the deaths. We just couldn't have that, could we?
And then, too, someone might want the flag lowered for unnecessary deaths from cancers and strokes and heart attacks and neglect and road wrecks and killings of "ordinary" people and... Where would we stop? Do we have to stop? Why can't we show more respect for all people?
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