Thanks
Thanks Fred very much for more clearly stating one of the points I didn?t make very clear. Granting an honor for suicides is the absolute last thing we need to do. If a person is on the edge, thinking of taking his own life, he needs negative reinforcement not positive reinforcement.
How would other cases be judged if this gentleman who gave so much had his name added to the Wall? Any court of law, in a case like this, would say, ?The privilege granted to a few are the rights that should be expected by the many?. The flood gates would open and 300,000+ names might appear on a much expanded wall.
Sorry if my first post sounded head hearted but the negatives far out way the positives. It?s not an issue of our honored dead, it?s keep as many folks as possible from being dead, as long as possible. And it?s having a special place of honor for those who died at 19, never having a chance at a life.
Stay healthy,
Andy
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