patriotic obligations?
Jul. 4th, 2002 10:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cellioAs usual, I did not go down to the Point to watch the fireworks tonight. I'm not a big-enough fan of fireworks to be interested in contending with traffic, sitting on the ground (or shlepping a chair a long way and then trying to carve out enough space to open it), crowds, loud rock music from WDVE, and the weather.
I considered the idea that perhaps this year there is a quasi-obligation to gather and celebrate Independence Day -- sort of to thumb our collective noses at violent fanatics who'd like to deny us our freedom. I couldn't quite convince myself that my presence would really do anything positive, though, so I didn't. I haven't yet figured out if this means I'm lazy, fatalistic, insufficiently willing to stand up and be counted, or all of the above.
I considered the idea that perhaps this year there is a quasi-obligation to gather and celebrate Independence Day -- sort of to thumb our collective noses at violent fanatics who'd like to deny us our freedom. I couldn't quite convince myself that my presence would really do anything positive, though, so I didn't. I haven't yet figured out if this means I'm lazy, fatalistic, insufficiently willing to stand up and be counted, or all of the above.
Re: Being counted
Date: 2002-07-05 06:22 am (UTC)I had planned to go to Fianna's party, but I was so wiped out that I ended up vegging out in front of an air conditioner instead.