There is a problem, however. Buglers are not common musicians anymore. It’s hard to find someone to fulfill this role given as a “right” to veterans. In order to allow the bill to continue being fulfilled, a new “bugle” has been developed. This bugle is actually no bugle at all, but an mp3 player which belts out a pre-recorded performance of taps, fashioned into the shape of a traditional bugle. The bugle player turns the bugle “on”, places it to his or her mouth, and beings to “play” taps.
There is something missing there. There is something missing just as there is something missing from our lives when we pretend to be “spiritual” but not religious. There is something missing there just as there is something missing from our lives when we pretend that one can be “religious” without being spiritual.