| Plus, among other things, I cannot stand the desecration involved in the view. I revere those people, like Raoul Wallenberg, who stood on principle and helped Jews escape the Nazis. I have boundless admiration for people like Medgar Evers, who fought for his people, and for what was right, knowing that he might very well suffer the fate he did. I am proud of those, like my ancestors, who emigrated to this country and built a better life for themselves and their children, and visiting Ellis Island fills me with reverence for all of those with the gumption to come to our shores. I think people who achieved things against long odds deserve praise and admiration. To trifle with all of that, to shrug it off, is the worst sort of vulgarity and cynicism, and sickens me......... |
