“”may get flamed severely for this especially today but is all the ‘hallowed ground’ talk possibly a bit overdone and/or misapplied?
By this I mean that, in the words of WGN radio’s Mike McConnell, there probably isn’t a piece of dry land that didn’t see some form of savage fighting for ownership if you look at the length and breadth of time man has been on earth.
Small European countries could conceivably declare 90% or more of their land, cities, or battlefields ‘hallowed ground’ but that would leave them with precious little land left for practical uses.
The word ‘hallowed’ is synonymous with ‘sacred’ is it not? I think of sacred ground as any location that was visited by Christ or where acts of God are/were witnessed and I must say that I don’t regard a spot where vile subhuman dogs committed atrocities to be especially sacred. Granted, the term ‘hallowed ground’ has been cheapened over the years - even baseball and football stadiums are referred to in this manner.
None of this, of course, dismisses or discounts the loss and sacrifice of the 9/11 victims and families but I think that all the talk of ‘hallowed ground’ only serves the aim of the terrorists who want us to hold them in awe.””
Here in the United States, we are not Europe, we have relatively few battle grounds, most from the Revolution and Civil War, Mex-American War, some Indian-American battles etc. Each and every one of those is considered Hollowed Ground and attempts are made to protect them no matter what.
That’s a fair enough response. As I said (or thought I said) I’m not opposed to the idea just wondering about people’s perception of or willingness to designate places as such.