I spend my weekend on buses and trains in order to see the Marine I love. Generally speaking, the people riding with me are headed to/from Camp Lejeune as well.
I'm sitting on the bus this morning minding my own business when this kid jumps over my seat and asks me to play Scrabble. I politely decline..I just like listening to my music and staring out the window. When we finally got to Raleigh I forgot all about this kid. Until he starts yelling at me for having a "non-Japanese phone." I just looked at him weird and kept walking.
In the station I noticed two Marines, one in street clothes and the other in his service uniform. A few minute later I hear this woman yelling at someone. I'm not gonna lie, I like fights..so it caught my attention. I look over and Scrabble boy is in the Marines faces giving them shit about being Marines and about the war and going on and on and on. The Marines just sat there, didn't even say a word. However, this other woman is yelling at Scrabble boy to shut his mouth and to show some respect. I honestly wanted her to hit this kid. The boy is so lucky I was not sitting closer, because I would not have been able to mind my buisness.
It baffles my mind that people can feel this way. Don't they understand that Marines and our other Armed Forces are the reason he has the right to say those things? They are the reason he can have his own opinions, even if they are HORRIBLE opinions. I can't imagine saying such harsh things to anyone, especially Marines!
The good news of this story is that both before and after this little incident I saw ATLEAST ten people shake these Marines hands. It might sound sappy, but I totally thought it was a beautiful thing.
