With the passing of Sen. John McCain, we hear a lot about the importance of respecting our nation’s heroes or those who have dedicated their lives to the state. The great sacrifice that comes from serving the country overshadows any meager wrongdoing that the individual may have committed. To me this sounds a little too much like an idea you would find in George Orwell’s “1984.”
Service to the state is not the end all be all of what defines a person. You must define yourself through your actions, not by the organization that signs your checks.