Yeah i dont know what "the scott" is carrying on about with the "guilt" shit that neither of us even said but whatever 
On a related note, my brother said that red Tails movie was utter shit (about the tuskegee). I was hoping it would be good but it apparently was absolute garbage.
For those of you that have not a clue about why I mentioned "guilt"? Easy. I refuse to feel guilty about anything done to anyone in the past. It is terrible that some people failed to receive recognition regardless of reason(s) but come now. He was black, yes. There was awful segregation, yes. Did I participate in said segregation? No.
Give him his medal (albeit posthumously) and leave it at that. We get it. If this goes over some folks heads it may well be due to the fact that its buried in the ground like an ostrich in supposed shame and/or fear and self loathing. Or not. People are affected differently by all manner of things and this is no exception.
As I said, award the medal (and justly so) and get on with life. I think that some understood my intent but still succumbed to whatever it is that makes them tick on an emotional level. If not, it matters not. I could care less about why he was supposed to have been denied the honor while alive because at this stage of the play, the curtain has long since dropped and only the crowd of family and friends remains to see the final curtain call in the form of a long overdue honor.
His heroism was doubtless known to many of his family and friends and more than a few comrades. So often that is the case and the true honor is in his deeds on behalf of his comrades and country. That is the cake. The icing is the CMH. It may make it seem sweeter but his bravery speaks for him across time.
Nothing wrong with plain cake. Shared with friends and family over the years of his life. The icing is now more for the sake of those that knew him and whose lives were saved by his deeds.
If some of you still do not understand my words, that's fine with me. Be well.
