Never thought i'd be quoting andy rooney, but thought this was worth sharing:

60 Minutes Commentary, May 30, 2010

We use the phrase, “They gave their lives.” They didn’t give their lives, their lives were taken from them. There is more bravery in war than in peace. It seems wrong that we have so often saved this virtue to use for our least noble activity—war. The goal of war is to cause death to other people. Because I was in the Army during WWII, I have more to remember that most of you. I had good friends who were killed…I won’t think of them more tomorrow, Memorial Day, than I will think of them any other day of my life. Remembering doesn’t do the dead any good of course, it’s for ourselves, the living.

I wish we could dedicate Memorial Day, not to the memory of those who have died at war, but to the idea of saving the lives of the young people who are going to die in the future if we don’t find some new way, some new religion maybe, that takes war out of our lives. That would be a Memorial Day worth celebrating.

yah, andy! let's give peace (and non-violent resistance) a chance!