Washington On 50 Carbon Credits A Day

I don't read the Buffalo News Travel Section (too exhausted from the editorials I suppose,) and so missed the gem that this letter-writer mentions.

I read the article on the April 29 travel page titled, “Enjoy a family vacation in Washington, D.C.” I was interested in “what to do” because some family members will be traveling there in the near future. While some of the ideas seemed good, when I got down to the fifth paragraph, I was shocked at the statement of the author, Eileen Ogintz.

She said: “Show the kids the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and tell them how many Americans protested that war.” I, and others I spoke to, thought that this was a very insensitive remark. Ogintz should realize that if it weren’t for the servicemen and women who gave up their lives for our freedom, she would not be able to have such inconsiderate statements published. It would have been better if she had said: “Let’s honor all those whose names are on the Vietnam Wall.” [emphasis mine]

Truly appalling.  It would be like taking the kids to the Martin Luther King Memorial and telling them how many Americans were killed in the race riots that followed his death.  Rather misses the point of the monument, don't you think?