Pursuits To Mediocre. . .

(Pursuits To Mediocre. . .)

Certain people need to be held in justifiable contempt. on February 19th, 1945, three Marine Divisions and an Army combat regiment were put ashore on the eight-square-mile piece of volcanic rock called Iwo Jima. On February 23ed, the infamous Rosenthal photograph of the "Flag Raising on Mount Suribachi" was taken. People had been under the impression that the island had been secured by that point though weeks of fighting remained. Could Iwo be taken today ? Could Suribachi still be scaled and not one but two Flags in actuality, all while under Japanese fire ? Ultimately, over 110,000 troops were placed on that Island and some six thousand Marines and Army stayed there.

The Greatest Generation has been dying off. Men, and women, that served not just on Iwo but indeed every Theater, Pacific and Europe. Those who survived, those who had to adapt to conditions in the field was the difference from being a Veteran of World War II, or a casualty. When the game is survival. what relevance does a pronoun have ?

These days, too often equality of opportunity is being replaced with enforced "equity." Who wins participation trophies and stays alive ? How many forms of education, higher ad otherwise, are doing away with merit for the sake of said equity ? What about that life is not necessarily fair is such a new concept ?

Those then that encourage mediocrity for the sake of saving feelings are the ones deserving said contempt because they are too willing to settle. Deny certain aspirations because they are not universally shared. A man's reach must exceed his grasp, or what is a heaven for ? You tell me. Those who had been at Iwo Jima should know well enough.