War Memorials

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

So, we have all these memorials to those killed in war. How about a memorial to the Africans killed in the slave trade?

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

How do we decide which massacre of innocents to memorialize?
We have today’s memorial to victims of the Trade Center and Pentagon bombings.
We don’t have, yet, a memorial to US bombing victims in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq.
We have memorials to the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
We don’t have similar memorials to the widespread slaughter of American Indians by white, “Christian” invaders from Europe.
We have battlefield memorials to soldiers killed in you-only-know how many battles in you-only-know how many wars.
We don’t have memorials to the countless civilian deaths and devastated lives from those battles.
I imagine you keep track, but our narrow field of vision and selective memory disturbs me greatly.
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“If you’re really into banking, Judas, you should go to Switzerland.”

[Turns out that Judas had a sense of shame, so he couldn’t be a banker. But Jesus never said this.]

D. Blog: The Crimes of Asheville (cont.)

ASHEVILLE — City police Wednesday charged an Asheville man with using a stolen credit card to pay for a limo ride. Rufus Cedric Baker, 24, of Asheville, was charged with obtaining property by false pretense. Bond was set at $1,000.
--Asheville Citizen-Times, Oct. 8, 2009

[Is it just me, or is this a really, really odd crime?]