(September 17, 2013 at 2:18 pm)BadWriterSparty Wrote: I don't understand why paying respect to an entire institution necessarily means that you automatically respect those bad servicemembers that commit such heinous acts. It's not like we tell them to go out and do these things; these are acts committed individually. By this logic, you would also need to condemn the entire U.S. government because it spawned individuals like Nixon or Bush. I have a feeling this is not the case on your part, Creed, so I'm having difficulty deciphering what you're really trying to tell us here.
If you pay respect to an entire institution, as in, you are broadly respecting all of it, and such bad apples are a part of the institution, if I give respect to the entire institution, stands to reason I have to respect those individuals...since they a part of it, yes? That making sense?
