Ben,
I'm curious as to when your annual vigil begins. I think that having it at this particular time gives everybody a great chance to experience something young men and women literally laid down their lives for and then go out to their memorial and pay respects.
What really confuses me is how some people think that by going out to burn, you are in some way insulting or degrading the memory and legacy of them and Bonfire. You're respecting what they did, if you believe this is the same fire, and then you're going to pay your respects.
All of us feel for them, pray for them, and think of them on that day...and many many other days for that matter. But to think that you're going to boycott anything on 11/17 for the rest of your life just doesn't make sense.
Additionally, it feels as if you're trying to prove something by posting things like this. It's as if you're trying to say you respect them more, you hurt more for their loss and you're just all around a better person for not going to burn this year. That's an insult to many, especially those who are going to work their butts off this fall to make burn happen in November.
Ben, do you perform these same sorts of things on Good Friday and on 9/11 too? Or do you go on with your life, just as those who died on this same day would hope that we all do?
[This message has been edited by SquareOne07 (edited 9/9/2007 1:16p).]