Shame on you, you pansies at Boise State University! I thought this candy assed leftist crap happened in other colleges, but not here in Idaho. I guess I was wrong. The students here are just as coddled, and just as ignorant as every place else, I guess.
..Boise State University has turned down a request from veterans for a 21-gun salute on campus Monday to mark Veterans Day, saying it might scare bystanders still spooked by school shootings in other states.
Six BSU students and alumni have given their lives for the rest of us in Afghanistan and Iraq. Monday is Veterans Day, and the Vet services department on campus had asked for a 21 gun salute as part of the flag raising ceremony scheduled for 12:30. A bugler is also scheduled. I certainly hope that doesn’t upset the sensitive children.
.. “having a 21-gun salute in today’s environment in the middle of classes didn’t seem to be an appropriate way to celebrate” Veterans Day, BSU spokesman Frank Zang said. He cited a student shooting rampage at Virginia Tech University last April that killed 33, including the gunman, and said students and staff might not realize gunshots are part of a ceremony and are safe.
“Gunfire on campus in the middle of the day would not be prudent or appropriate for safety and security,” Zang said.
This is not a safe world. “Just say no to guns” doesn’t make it safer. These are American kids, for crying out loud! They know what Veterens Day is, and they know what a 21 gun salute is. And those six who took up arms and laid down their lives for YOU and for me should be honored, as all our vets will be on that day. And YOU, and I, need to be reminded just what it was they did for us. Don’t take that away from them. Don’t take it away from us.
Cowards. Shame on you.
UPDATE: I just heard on the TV news that after a long day of talking about it, BSU has decided to allow a 21 gun salute at the stadium. Much better!
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