Over the past couple of years, I have relegated myself to the status of "lurker" as Lois calls us. But, on this occasion, I wanted to add a thought concerning the recent round of "in-fighting": The next time someone makes a comment that makes you a little hot under the collar, remember that we are all entitled to an opinion. And, be that opinion in-line with or opposed to our own, it is the right of each individual to have such an opinion that is one of the rights upon which our great country was founded. The diversity of opinions, faiths, and beliefs are the fabric that binds the United States of America. It is that same diversity that has made us the great land we are today. That diversity can be very clearly seen in the cemeteries we work so hard to preserve and protect. The next time you stand in YOUR favorite cemetery, stop and look around and think of the people that are memorialized therein. People from different faiths, different ethnicity, different walks of life that come together in a strange new place to work together, live together, and die together for the sake of what little they did have in common. Just like a nation, any organization, group, club, or corporation will thrive on diversity, provided that its members are prepared to accept it for what it is: "A view from a different angle". If we are to succeed, indeed if we are to survive as a group. We must be prepared to accept differing views while we assert our own beliefs. A difference of opinion should not make enemies of people. We should all be friends who, it just so happens, don't all think the same way. Your friend, Scott