Society is an open-ended partnership between generations. The dead and the unborn are as much members of society as the living. To dishonor the dead is to reject the relation on which society is built - a relation of obligation between generations. Those who have lost respect for the dead have ceased to be trustees of their inheritance. Inevitably, therefore, they lose the sense of obligation to future generations. The web of obligations shrinks to the present tense. ~ Edmund Burke

28 April 2008

Black councilwoman attends Confederate memorial

On Sunday, the African-American councilwoman joined the Southern side of the Civil War hen she lead a local chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans singing I Wish I Was in Dixie in honor of Confederate soldiers.

This kind of "reaching out" should come as a surprise to no one and the fact that it does says a lot! It's too bad that this kind of "coming together" is viewed with suspicion. Southerners, both black and white, have more in common with each other than they do with Yankees.

If the Southern people do not act as they are expected to-- think Mississippi Burning-- it shocks the hell out of our neighbors to the north and their lackeys down here!

Why can't we all just get along? Apparently we can when folks are willing to respect one another's cultural heritage.

To see the news clip of this occasion, please click HERE.




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