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Joe, are you seriously suggesting that people shouldn't protest on Memorial Day because it isn't polite?? In case you haven't noticed, this entire WAR isn't polite. War is filthy, nasty and obscene - what makes you think being polite about protesting is going to do a damn thing to make it stop?
And Memorial Day being "sacred"? Oh, give me a break. Armistice Day was sacred. Memorial Day (weekend - nobody celebrates the holiday anymore) is, for the vast majority of people, the first three-day weekend of the summer, and the weekend when the first big summer blockbusters hit the theaters. Most people have no idea what it is that's being memorialized, even.
If you want to keep Memorial Day "sacred" (a holiday which started as an extremely solemn commemoration of those who died in World War I), I can think of no better activity than holding protests against yet another orgy of carnage. It's the best possible memorial to those who've died: a day of American voters shouting unequivocally, "We don't want any more death in war!"
