I have lots of random thoughts – here’s one –
I was going through old mail that has piled up on my desk for months. I came across a letter from Virginia Tech. I got accepted. I declined. I put my response in the outgoing mailbox before I went to work on the morning of April 16. Later that day I learned that over 30 people were killed on the campus. I feel weird that my rejection letter was sent on that day.
Recently, I saw a story on the evening news about the lowering of the American Flag – how it happens too often, and therefore; its meaning is taken for granted. They used the Virginia Tech Massacre as an example. The story went on to explain that each state government had its own authority to decide when to lower the flags, and when not to lower the flags, and at one point questioned whether or not state governments should lower their flags less often. If we lower the flags all the time, what does that say about the American flag? - End of news story –
This angered me.
If we lower our flags too often, what does that say about our country? Clearly the problem is not the flag.
