Hi Eric
Not American. Not Canadian, though I live there. British by birth. But I still had a tear in my eye.
The world at the moment seems sadly all too lacking in the kind of belief and care that people like you display for patriotism (whatever your home country happens to be), for democracy and the belief that we can make the world a better place for everyone.
I don't really have a flag to salute you by. Displaying the British flag in Britain is apparently 'racist', (Sadly this 'racist' aspect seems to have crept over to the US recently as we have seen mentioned on these forums) displaying the Canadian flag is accepted and widely done, but we aren't yet Canadian. Neverthless as one person to another, I salute you. The care, patriotism and willingness you and others like you display when you put yourself in the path of danger to support those ideals.
As my favourite author once said "The next level in moral behavior higher than that exhibited by the baboon is that in which duty and loyalty are shown toward a group of your own kind too large for an individual to know all of them. We have a name for that. It is called "patriotism." "
Wishing you and all your family all the best for the future. Look after yourself and each other.
Dave
p.s. Jim hid 8 bow-tie burgers for you - I believe they're all veggieburgers though!
