Nor am I arguing against the determination for a group to memorialise its dead or demand acknowledgment of its sufferings.
But like the vengeful ghost of Carrie White, who may be Mr. Edmier's real muse, it keeps popping back up, demanding acknowledgment, pulling us back down into the earth.
Beginning with the Iranian revolution of the late 1970s and the establishment of the Islamic Republic to today's rise of ISIS to prominence, it has become increasingly apparent that Islamism is a major global force in the twenty-first century that demands acknowledgment and answers.
But I will demand acknowledgment.
Its incredible existence demands acknowledgment that, yes, this black life mattered".
Moral, because service to one's country demands acknowledgment, respect, and -- if history is any guide -- a reassessment of minority rights.
The broader implication is that service to one's country demands acknowledgment, respect, and -- with remarkable frequency -- a reconsideration of minority rights.
Such calculations demand an acknowledgment of a chemistry between people that transcends intellect.
I think it demands some acknowledgment that, "There but for the grace of God go I".
It demands the acknowledgment that we are all fragile beings, nexuses of hope and fear, children of some mother and perhaps parents to others: that is, no more and no less than fellow human beings in a world fraught with imponderables.
