I can't take credit for this word but it fits perfectly! "Wussification" is a term used by local radio show host
Rick Stacy on 105.9 FM. I love this show and he makes my day heading into work at 6:30 until he gets off the air at 9:00. Anyway, whenever I read stories like the following, the term "batcrapcrazy" would jump out of my mouth to prevent my head from exploding. Stacy uses the term a lot and it helps calm me down.
Well it looks like
wussification just took over in King North Carolina as legislators cave in.
City leaders agree to remove 'praying soldier' statue from veterans memorial
WRAL News
January 7, 2015
KING, N.C. — Leaders in the Stokes County city of King voted 3-2 Tuesday to remove a statue of a praying soldier at a local park, saying the cost of fighting a federal lawsuit would "greatly exceed" the city's insurance policy limits.
"The decision to settle this case has been very difficult for the King City Council," the city said in a statement.
The moves comes after a two-year legal battle between the city and Steven Hewett, a former police officer and U.S. Army veteran who claimed the city promoted Christianity at a veteran's memorial that is situated in King's Central Park.
The city removed a Christian flag from the memorial in 2010 but refused to remove the statue, which depicts a soldier kneeling at a cross.
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Everyone has the right to believe what they want or not believe in anything or anyone. My question to them is simple. Has anyone ever forced you to pay homage? Has anyone ever forced you to even pay attention to it?
How big of a wuss are you if something like this makes you feel uncomfortable? This stands for fallen soldiers and the members of their "family" they left behind. You know. The guys and women willing to die for your right to be able to use your own rights but I doubt you ever once considered that they did it for everyone else too. That means they didn't die to give you the right to take away the right of someone else!
I have defended your right to believe in nothing when some were forced in the Army to attend a Christian concert but I defended the right of a
Christian Chaplain talking about his faith when faced with PTSD and the loss of hope while speaking about suicide prevention.
I have seen too much evidence of the souls of men and women moved far beyond what you may call "human nature" because while human nature can do good as well as bad, the people serving in the military go beyond all of it and still manage to shed a tear, reach out a hand and show compassion while other people are trying to kill them. They comfort children as if they were their own and the price they pay for the rest of their lives if a child is killed during war never leaves them.
I have seen the transformation within them as they heal with what you seem so terrified of you cannot even stand to see an image of unselfish love. The first thing they want to do is help other veterans heal too.
You may think it is brave to stand up for your right to not have to look at something but they put their lives on the line generation after generation and this is a symbol of a sacrifice made by them. Stunning how so many atheists never seem understand no one is trying to take away their right to make their own choices which include, not looking at something like this.
