This past weekend, Petty Officer First Class Chad Regelin was laid to rest. And though this column has been written prior to Regelin’s funeral, word has already spread that a certain church group with tenuous connections to God would be protesting. I won’t waste space relaying their words as to why they’re protesting. Suffice it to say, the only good thing about the flyer is the spelling and grammar.

A Facebook page started in Regelin’s honor quickly filled with comments about the protest. Plans were made to thwart the protestor’s efforts. I have no idea if the protestor’s efforts will be successful. Though my blood boils at the thought of someone’s memorial service being disrupted, I have to be honest. I’m getting sick of protestors in general.

This week, animal rights activist claimed responsibility for setting fire to fourteen tractors and several trailers parked at Harris Ranch.

In recent months, there have been reports of anti-slaughter proponents setting horses free when they are owned by pro-slaughter ranchers. One of those horses was hit and killed by a car.

Where does it end?

When did getting your point across become an act of terrorism instead? And make no mistake, these people terrorize. To couch what their doing in polite terms of “protesting” is making a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.

I’m all for our American liberties. I believe that it’s my God-given right to wear an American shirt on Cinco de Mayo … if I want to. If, however, I decide to ram my car into someone’s vehicle while wearing said shirt, well, that’s a different story, isn’t it?

Yet certain factions believe it’s alright to ignore common decency and impose their will upon their fellow human beings, all under the guise of “doing good.”

They are hypocrites.

There is nothing “good” about setting someone’s vehicle afire.

There is nothing “good” about destroying someone’s livelihood.

There’s nothing “good” about adding to the heartache and pain of a family in the midst of grieving for their son.

So while I’m all for civil liberties, I’m also for human decency … and that certainly seems to be lacking in today’s so-called “modern” society.