Glorifying War
It's doubtful whether most countries think highly of war as a mechanism for dispute-settlement. War is a human condition of last resort. It is engaged upon when all other human endeavours to satisfy or ameliorate unacceptable conditions impacting deleteriously on human beings and their states have failed. War stands as the most visible, debased human activity demonstrating our inability to engage one another in rational debate and reach reasonable conclusions.
War is a dreadful anomaly on the human condition of nature's imperative to survive as an entity, a family, a society, a nation. No right-thinking, self-respecting, humanely-empathetic individual or governing council choose to wage war. Defensive wars, however, do become a necessity. And there is an international recognition that any country has the legal right to defend itself from other countries wishing to do it harm, to murder and to maim its citizens, to wrest control of the country and its resources from its rightful stewards.
Countries like Canada, recognizing the need to establish order and good governance not only within its borders but internationally, lend themselves to attempting to pacify situations, as mentors and protectors, sending troops to assist to restoring order in the event of natural disasters, and peace-keepers in the event of civil war. Canada also sends its military to other countries when the international coalition of which it is a part establishes a need to enter another country with military, occupational intent.
Ordinary Canadian citizens respect the work of the Canadian military. They come to our aid wen they are dispatched to assist in provinces and municipalities that have undergone catastrophic events. They are honoured and respected when they heed the call of duty to represent this country and its interests through being stationed abroad facing real and present dangers. They do the work that protects us as well as other countries from tyrannical oppression.
To have a cadre of professors at the University of Regina protest a national scholarship program to advance the educational needs of children of soldiers who have died in the line of duty goes beyond the pale of intelligent comprehension. "We think this program is a glorification of Canadian imperialism in Afghanistan" according to one of 16 professors who drafted an open letter to their university president.
Project Hero is a much-needed program meant to provide financial aid for children of Canadian Forces personnel who have died while serving in an active mission. Whether that mission is one of aiding a country's population that has undergone a serious natural disaster, or helping to combat a violent insurgency in another country, each is a legitimate need being fulfilled on the part of the Canadian military, reflecting on all Canadians.
Universities who establish terms and conditions of scholarships for children of military personnel who have died serving their country and its people, are to be applauded in their recognition that these young people deserve this support through their growing lives. We owe them no less. Those academics at University of Regina should be ashamed of themselves.
Their university is, and so are most Canadians.
War is a dreadful anomaly on the human condition of nature's imperative to survive as an entity, a family, a society, a nation. No right-thinking, self-respecting, humanely-empathetic individual or governing council choose to wage war. Defensive wars, however, do become a necessity. And there is an international recognition that any country has the legal right to defend itself from other countries wishing to do it harm, to murder and to maim its citizens, to wrest control of the country and its resources from its rightful stewards.
Countries like Canada, recognizing the need to establish order and good governance not only within its borders but internationally, lend themselves to attempting to pacify situations, as mentors and protectors, sending troops to assist to restoring order in the event of natural disasters, and peace-keepers in the event of civil war. Canada also sends its military to other countries when the international coalition of which it is a part establishes a need to enter another country with military, occupational intent.
Ordinary Canadian citizens respect the work of the Canadian military. They come to our aid wen they are dispatched to assist in provinces and municipalities that have undergone catastrophic events. They are honoured and respected when they heed the call of duty to represent this country and its interests through being stationed abroad facing real and present dangers. They do the work that protects us as well as other countries from tyrannical oppression.
To have a cadre of professors at the University of Regina protest a national scholarship program to advance the educational needs of children of soldiers who have died in the line of duty goes beyond the pale of intelligent comprehension. "We think this program is a glorification of Canadian imperialism in Afghanistan" according to one of 16 professors who drafted an open letter to their university president.
Project Hero is a much-needed program meant to provide financial aid for children of Canadian Forces personnel who have died while serving in an active mission. Whether that mission is one of aiding a country's population that has undergone a serious natural disaster, or helping to combat a violent insurgency in another country, each is a legitimate need being fulfilled on the part of the Canadian military, reflecting on all Canadians.
Universities who establish terms and conditions of scholarships for children of military personnel who have died serving their country and its people, are to be applauded in their recognition that these young people deserve this support through their growing lives. We owe them no less. Those academics at University of Regina should be ashamed of themselves.
Their university is, and so are most Canadians.
Labels: Canada, Particularities, Social-Cultural Deviations
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