Anybody who can’t tell a Soldier from a murderer is a brain-dead moron. This what political correctness has come to. I can see someone objecting to this statue. But in the old days, 99% of the population would have laughed them into shame. Now, half the people support them.
Having lived in the Columbine area during and after the shootings, I can attest to the fact that there are a small group of people there to whom “Columbine” is their claim to fame, and rationalization for getting their mugs on TV. It’s a cottage industry.
in pondering the question of whether it was appropriate to present children with frightening images, C.S. Lewis answered:
“Since it is so likely they wil meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage. Otherwise you are making their destiny not brighter but darker.”
Actually the e-mails to the paper are running 390 against her, 4 for her. (not that much below 99%)