War hits home
POSTED BY: DeckRoid
UPDATED: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 08:05
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I think you are overreacting, FreedomFan.
Anger is a natural part of the grieving process. When I read about this tragedy, I began to grieve for the soldier. I became angry at the politics that start wars and take our soldiers. Soldiers fight because of politics.
Was the "defacate on a few graves" comment really necessary?
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Let me begin by saying that I hope all is going well with your cousin. As someone married to the military and who has sent her love and many friends off the foreign arenas many times, I know that a service member coming home wounded is the second biggest fear for service families. Stand strong and don't be afraid to ask for help.
Secondly, I feel the strong need to ask if this was the correct arena for political grandstanding. I find it frequently annoying in this and other web areas when people find is necessary to input their personal political agendas into non-political discussions. This is not a political website. This is an area for folks who are fans of Firefly, Serenity and/or all that is Joss.
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I've said it before, and I will say it again. One does not have to support this war to support our warriors.
Your cousin has made a great sacrifice out of a sense of patriotism and of duty. I salute him.
Thor and Tyr bless him, and see him safely home.
"You can't enslave a free man. The most you can do is kill him." -- Robert A. Heinlein
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Originally posted by freedomfan:
I can't believe some of you people. A man has lost his leg fighting for his country, and you have to gripe about politics. Hey, I've got an idea -- why don't you all send him letters telling him that his sacrifice was for nothing. Losers.Then later, maybe you can take a drive to Arlington National Cemetery and defecate on a few graves.
I'm posting this one for my wife. What follows is her.
What are you, a Hitler Youth or just a fascist? Last time I looked, we lived in the U.S. of A., and we still had a right to disagree with our leadership and state our minds. I think our boys (and girls) don't need to be there; they should be home with their families.
But they took an oath. They are the ones that are fighting and dying over there. They don't need some ching-wah tsao duh liou mahng telling people that if they don't support the war they aren't supporting the soldiers. We are. But I don't condone this war. I hope that your little brain can open up long enough to see the difference.
Deckroid: I hope your cousin comes home safe and has a swift recovery.
Static: Keep 'em flying.
They can't take the sky from us.
RocketJock back again. The above was, minus some minor editing, 100% my wife. But for the record, I agree with her on every point.
"You can't enslave a free man. The most you can do is kill him." -- Robert A. Heinlein
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Originally posted by RocketJock:Quote:
Originally posted by freedomfan:
I can't believe some of you people. A man has lost his leg fighting for his country, and you have to gripe about politics. Hey, I've got an idea -- why don't you all send him letters telling him that his sacrifice was for nothing. Losers.
I'm posting this one for my wife. What follows is her.
What are you, a Hitler Youth or just a fascist? Last time I looked, we lived in the U.S. of A., and we still had a right to disagree with our leadership and state our minds. I think our boys (and girls) don't need to be there; they should be home with their families.
But they took an oath. They are the ones that are fighting and dying over there. They don't need some ching-wah tsao duh liou mahng telling people that if they don't support the war they aren't supporting the soldiers. We are. But I don't condone this war. I hope that your little brain can open up long enough to see the difference.
Deckroid: I hope your cousin comes home safe and has a swift recovery.
Static: Keep 'em flying.
They can't take the sky from us.
RocketJock back again. The above was, minus some minor editing, 100% my wife. But for the record, I agree with her on every point.
"You can't enslave a free man. The most you can do is kill him." -- Robert A. Heinlein
I hate to say it but I agree with the opinion that this isn't the thread to place your opinion of politics on. Leave that for another thread and time. There is a proper place and a proper time for stuff like this but this wasn't it.
Give your condolences to this soldier for his sacrifice but leave the politics out of it. We don't need to sully this by turning it into a political debate thread.
Thank you for reading.
Oh, and play Cantr II at www.cantr.net.
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