Politics is not Life

After James Taranto in the Opinion Journal noted that Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards is calling on his supporters to turn this year's Memorial Day into a day of antiwar activism, he asked
What'll he think of next, turning Christmas into a day of pro-abortion activism?

Today, he remembered Planned Parenthood already tried that. when it called for "Choice on Earth"  on its Christmas cards.

But he hasn't remembered yet, Eve Ensler's kidnapping of Valentine's Day and turning into V-Day for Victory, Valentine, and Vagina.

The sheer tastelessness of all three is appalling.

Be as anti-war, pro-choice, and against violence as you wish.  But show respect to the national day of mourning for all who served to keep us free, to a major Christian feast to celebrate the incarnation of God into a tiny human baby, and our cultural tradition of celebrating romantic love in February alone.

There are plenty of other days in the calendar.  If you shrink the sphere of what can be politicized, it will be easier for us to all get along.   

Politics is not life.  We need more common ground.  Memorial Day, Christmas and Valentine's Day are common ground we all share, but not if it's politicized.