Enough with the use of “coward” to describe these devils!

     

 

 

 

 

  President Obama on Boston bombing: "This is a heinous and cowardly act"; "the FBI are investigating it as an act of terrorism."
 

 

            Here we go again saying things just because they sound good and not because they make any sense. Whoever bombed Boston, along with all the other people who have done heinous things over the years are not cowards. Has anyone looked up the definition of coward lately? The same holds true for those who call people who commit suicide cowards. Have you ever stared down the wrong end of a gun barrel? I can’t stand looking down the wrong end of an unloaded single-shot shotgun with the breach wide open. I can’t imagine what it would be like knowing it was loaded. A coward wouldn’t have the nerve to stare down a loaded weapon and pull the trigger. I know damned well that I just couldn’t do it. I’m a coward. In this instance, it’s a good thing.

            I understand wanting to condemn the people who do these horrible acts. I understand wanting to call them names without cursing. I understand that you want to do the equivalent of calling them a “little boy” or “little girl”. I understand wanting to sound “eloquent”. However, you also need to sound intelligent while doing so.

            These people were brazen. They had gall and audacity. My grandfather went and shot people in WWII and he was called a hero. I’ve sat here thinking about that. I don’t think I could go out there and shoot people. I’m afraid that I would be a coward.

            These people obviously feel like they are in some sort of war. Instead of calling them cowards, it’s our job to find them, punish and destroy them, and set an example for others who would think of doing the same.

               So, the people who did this aren’t out there taking credit for it. Does that surprise anyone? Is that cowardly because they want to stay anonymous? Our very own Revolutionary War soldiers were called cowards by the British because they hid behind trees and fought instead of standing in the open making themselves targets like the British did. Who was smart and who was dumb? Our side won. The British still refer to our guys as rebels. (And for the record, the only difference between a patriot and a rebel is who gets to write the history books).

            This doesn’t make what happened right. It isn’t. I condemn taking innocent life. It also doesn’t justify saying things that aren’t true for the sake of saying them. Call a spade a spade.

            Whoever did this was evil. They had the gall and the audacity to take a harmless event and turn it into a bloodbath. They took innocent lives forever, including the life of at least one innocent child. They maimed many others for life physically, and they affected so many more mentally. What’s wrong with stating it like that? I think it’s much better than throwing the “coward” word around out of context.  

 

            Maybe if we quit calling them cowards, they’ll quit trying to prove us wrong.