Freedom

I was deeply saddened to hear that someone defaced the Medal of Honor Memorial downtown on the canal. I have to explain what it is. It is a memorial to all the people that fought for this country in World War II. But they didn't just vandalize this, they also sprayed graffiti along an area of the canal that stretches from the National Collegiate Athletic Association offices to just east of the memorial.
The areas receiving the most damage included the memorial and the support columns and walls of the Indiana State Museum that face the canal. They've pretty much spat not only on this city but also this entire country. It is so incredibly disrespectful.
Just because they wanted to make a statement, they don't want the war they don't like the President, they don't like the Governer, and they want to "legalize ganja." Who doesn't want peace?
I'm all for freedom of speech. But vandalism is vandalism. They had every right to protest if they so chose, but they didn't do that. They ruined a nice place for people to go and reflect. That memorial had nothing to do with the war going on right now. Sure it can be fixed, at great cost $6,000 to $8,000 cost in materials alone. But that won't fix the disappointment that someone could do this. The people remembered there are mostly still living. It's distressfull for them that someone would dishoner them this way.
I hope the cost of this was worth it for these people. This is not how you go about bringing change.