Let's Educate Ourselves

On Facebook, there have been MANY people reposting things basically telling people that they shouldn't be mourning for Whitney Houston because our military should be the ones that people are mourning.  It is a comparison between the two and a "shame on you" post for people who ARE sad about Whitney's passing.  Here's what I have to say....EDUCATE YOURSELF.

This country is NOT a dictatorship yet people are TELLING others they should be ashamed of themselves for basically mourning or feeling sad about anyone BUT the military.  What kind of thinking is that?!  Do you mean to tell me that if one of my family members die, I shouldn't be stating it on facebook or anywhere else, nor expressing my sadness and mourning because I need to only be mourning and feeling sad IF the person is in the military?  When I have stated this to a few of my "friends" on Facebook, there has been NO educated response back.  Quite funny in my opinion.

People can mourn WHO they want to, HOW they want to, for however LONG they want to.  It is not up to YOU, ME, THE GOVERNMENT, FACEBOOK, ANYONE to tell you who or how to mourn.  Frankly, this whole thing has pissed me off way beyond what I thought it would.  To be honest, I have even considered defriending these people that are posting such things because of this.

However, let's give my friends the benefit of the doubt.  Let's say what they are really meaning to say is "the media needs to start covering deaths of our military as much as they covering the death of a celebrity".  If that's what they are really meaning to say, then why post it on facebook?  Are the news stations really reading your status updates? No, they aren't.  So, here's an idea, if this is what you mean then STOP posting it on everyone's wall and instead, email the news stations, newspapers and other media and let them know how you feel, otherwise, this is just a jab to myself, others and the dead people's FAMILY telling them they have NO RIGHT to mourn someone unless they are military which is a bunch of crap.

So, there are my thoughts on this Whitney Houston vs. the Military (which is pretty stupid to be comparing anyway)  By the way, NO ONE is more important than anyone else on this earth.  We are ALL important so let's treat everyone that way.