Jayaraych's blog: "the blog of the log"

I have noted a growing trend that I find very disturbing. Lately it seems that the death of any person who has gained notoriety in their particular field is soon followed by emotion-driven meme campaigns about soldiers. 
Do the soldiers deserve our respect?
Is the loss of the life of a soldier a sad event worthy of honoring? 

Of course so, in both cases. 

However, it is a dangerous precedent we set when we begin declaring that soldiers are the only deaths that matter and that soldiers are the only people who deserve respect or are capable of inspiring people by what they do.