As individuals die every moment, how insensitive and fabricated a love it is to set aside a day from selfish routine in prideful, patriotic commemoration of tragedy. Just as God is provoked by those who tithe simply because they feel that they must tithe, I am provoked by those who commemorate simply because they feel that they must commemorate.

Criss Jami

Tags: day love society god nationalism patriotism death patriotic tragedy vanity memory selfishness memories pride culture falsehood commemoration individual honest universal routine popular-culture pop-culture holiday popular patriot lovelessness pop memorial insensitivity bandwagon commemorate fabrication insincere memorial-day tithe

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