STOP SINGING...START LISTENING

Have we become complacent with hearing...everyday...of the soldiers who have died in Iran and Afghanistan?

The war is over 8 years old. Is it old news? Instead of listening to the names, or caring that those are sons and daughters and mothers and fathers...do we just hear "blah...blah...blah" ?

Are we only struck if the name is someone from our state...or a town nearby...or worse yet, someone we know?

This writer has a suggestion. He says, instead of playing the National Anthem at sporting events...we take a few minutes to read the names of those who died...today. What were their names...how old were they...where did they live...what would we want to know about them? Did they leave children? What was their occupation...their passion?

It's an interesting concept. If we heard those names at each event we went to...or saw televised...would we put some more thought into why we're doing what we're doing...and how we can stop doing what we're doing?

...so we don't have to hear any more names...


Dan