The United States of America, known as the land of the free, has many civil rights that our founding fathers and other influential figures have fought for. However, the freedoms that citizens value today is another story. In the past, Americans fought for the freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and the right to vote, just to name a few. People in the present-day take their existing rights for granted and, therefore, have different trivial desires instead. The word “freedom” no longer represents equality of all citizens, but merely another cheesy historic slogan. Although people in today’s society are well aware of their freedoms earned by those before them, such desired rights do not hold nearly as much value today in comparison to when
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At a glance, this privilege does seem valuable to most people. Only problem is that some people are not fully aware of what they value, or in this case, fight for. This year, our country sent 1.4 million citizens out for battle to defend our country’s “valued rights” (Chalabi). People who willingly put themselves out to possibly being killed and never being able to seeing their family again do it because they care. However, once they do experience the tough battle grounds, win or lose, “the unexplained glory flies above them” (Crane 2). Emphasize on unexplained glory; people do not always know why they are fighting a certain country. Sure they fight because they want to protect the people they love back home, but how do they know the real story behind the fight? All they do is follow their commander in chief and attack when necessary. So to what extent do we value to ability to serve in our military? The answer is yes; although only to an extent with limitations on the complete understanding of a true motive. This does not just apply to our veterans. All citizens around the nation have, and still may be, asking the very simple question: Why? People cannot value something without understanding it’s fullest potential. Understanding is a valuable concept and is what supports the statement that people today do not admire the same freedoms as those before
At a glance, this privilege does seem valuable to most people. Only problem is that some people are not fully aware of what they value, or in this case, fight for. This year, our country sent 1.4 million citizens out for battle to defend our country’s “valued rights” (Chalabi). People who willingly put themselves out to possibly being killed and never being able to seeing their family again do it because they care. However, once they do experience the tough battle grounds, win or lose, “the unexplained glory flies above them” (Crane 2). Emphasize on unexplained glory; people do not always know why they are fighting a certain country. Sure they fight because they want to protect the people they love back home, but how do they know the real story behind the fight? All they do is follow their commander in chief and attack when necessary. So to what extent do we value to ability to serve in our military? The answer is yes; although only to an extent with limitations on the complete understanding of a true motive. This does not just apply to our veterans. All citizens around the nation have, and still may be, asking the very simple question: Why? People cannot value something without understanding it’s fullest potential. Understanding is a valuable concept and is what supports the statement that people today do not admire the same freedoms as those before