Is the Vietnam `wall' inviting a terrorist hit?

Hello Bumble Bee. See my aviator and shiver!m :wink:

I'll bet that Bumblebeeboggie isn't meant to indicate you are a bee, but that you are showing the way. Ginko intolerant only means that I can't remember squat and I really don't have much hope of recovery.

I have a brother who counsels a lot of Vietnam vets. He's been to The Wall even though he lives far away. The Wall itself isn't a good reflection of the survivors. Those who served in Vietnam and came away with ingrained problems would not be devastated by such an attack. They have more of a problem with the inherent injustices of society. The Wall to them is less meaningful than people realize. They have friends names chiseled there, but our everyday callousness to humanity is a bigger wall to them than a monument.

Of course, that's not a bright note to say hello by. You, or a reader, may have family chiseled on that wall. A terrorist attack on the wall would be hardest on those people. Still, in perspective, I'm not sure the wall deserves the resources necessary to protect it from an attack that would be, in my mind, misdirected. Those persons still suffering from the conflict of service and social callousness however, deserve more from each of us.

Any car bomb that goes off near the wall is a car bomb that doesn't go off in a more crowded venue... like a shopping mall or sprts stadium.

Ginko Intolerant
Ginko, welcome to Able2Know. You will find lots of folks here who will share your views---and maybe some that won't. Hope you visit often and post a lot.

I posted this article to demonstrate that people protectively rally around the things that are important to them. For some people its a monument; for others its a remedy. ymbolism vis action.

---BumbleBeeBoogie