the troops
I sit here in my comfortable office and complain…about it being a Monday, about how things at my company are really shaky, about how my personal life is in a weird place…
I caught a blip of the news yesterday, I wasn’t actively looking for it, I just happened upon some headlines when I briefly got online yesterday. One of the headlines was about 9 soldiers killed in Afghanistan, I didn’t read the story, I didn’t really pay it any mind.
It crept up on me later. Why on earth did this news not get through my everyday life filter? How can it be that there are people actively putting their lives on the line every single day and I can just pass it off as just another news headline? I got really mad at myself when I thought harder about all of this, the war, the economy, politics, etc.
I get to sit here and bitch about my day because there are people, right now, today, making an effort on behalf of my country. I may not agree with the war. I may be apathetic (currently) to the political scene. But I cannot stand how apathetic I’ve become to the reality our troops are dealing with every day.
So who gives a shit that it’s Monday? Why the fuck are there 1000 posts about the iPhone versus maybe one or two about the troops or the war on the dashboard of my tumblr? 9 troops died this weekend and who noticed? I don’t know what this country means any more. I don’t know what it means to me either. I can’t stand the apathy any more. I’d rather be a malcontent than someone who does not care either way.
Truth
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