Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor’s wall is ablaze.
22 12 2007Recently my friend Brian contributed to the site. I’m happy to have him aboard. Brian is my closest friend. He’s also a professor of philosophy and logic at the University of Michigan. Brian received his Ph.D. in Modal Logic from McGill University. Brian’s input is invaluable, as he possesses a rare talent for balancing passion about an issue with clarity of expression. And for some reason, he thinks highly of me. “De gustibus non est disputandum” I suppose.
In the future I’ll be asking other friends to share their thoughts and feelings about this matter. It is my sincerest hope that in reading their stories of how this situation has affected them, people held in high regard in their respective fields - areas as diverse as research sciences, professional academics, health care professionals and published mathematicians to FBI intelligence analysts and current Army officers - the reality of what is happening will be clear to everyone. I pray that at least one these stories will touch you in such a way as to create in you a need to get involved. Until people do get involved nothing will change. Many of us have family, friends, acquaintances, co-workers, fellow parishioners, etc. who are in the military. It will only be a matter of time until this story becomes your story.
