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[Off topic] Bush, Iraq, Special Ed, and the like
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| Michelle Steiner 2005-06-29, 10:55 pm |
| In article <97idnaxPipfahF7fRVn-uQ@comcast.com>,
"Special Ed" <spled@dropout.edu> wrote:
quote:
> A simple apology to me an every other military person in the NG would be
> appropriate.
I do not owe you an apology for anything; I merely replied to you in the
same manner you addressed me. So stop whining that I hit you back!
Nor do I owe any military person an apology because I did not insult
them.
I appreciate your service to our country, but while you were in Desert
Storm and Desert Shield, you weren't protecting me from anything. You
were, however, rescuing Kuwait from an invasion, and I salute you for
that. I'm sure that my "ilk" (i.e., patriotic American citizens) also
salute you for that.
Nor is Bush keeping us safe from terrorists; Iraq was never a threat to
the United States.
Too bad you can't realize what it actually is that you swore to defend
when you took your oath of office upon your commissioning, or you
wouldn't have called my sig "adolescent," or called me a child, ordered
or me to support the president.
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Stop Mad Cowboy Disease: Impeach the son of a Bush.
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| Steve Sobol 2005-06-29, 10:55 pm |
| Michelle Steiner wrote:
quote:
> I do not owe you an apology for anything; I merely replied to you in the
> same manner you addressed me. So stop whining that I hit you back!
>
> Nor do I owe any military person an apology because I did not insult
> them.
>
> I appreciate your service to our country, but while you were in Desert
> Storm and Desert Shield, you weren't protecting me from anything. You
> were, however, rescuing Kuwait from an invasion, and I salute you for
> that. I'm sure that my "ilk" (i.e., patriotic American citizens) also
> salute you for that.
>
> Nor is Bush keeping us safe from terrorists; Iraq was never a threat to
> the United States.
>
> Too bad you can't realize what it actually is that you swore to defend
> when you took your oath of office upon your commissioning, or you
> wouldn't have called my sig "adolescent," or called me a child, ordered
> or me to support the president.
The president's an idiot, and people who *order* *anyone* to support him
are, at best, misguided in doing so.
a) I will support the troops until the day I die. Period, full stop.
b) However, I don't agree with most of the reasons for which our country has
gone to war over the past fifteen years.
Statement (a) and statement (b) are not mutually exclusive. There are a lot
of brave people fighting in our military. Some of them are friends of mine;
others are family members. Most of them are people I have never met and will
never have the privilege of meeting. (And yes, I do consider it a privilege.)
Most of them shouldn't be doing what they're doing right now. But that is
most certainly *not* their fault. Why they shouldn't be there is a
discussion that is way off-topic for these newsgroups, although if someone
really wants to argue with me in email, I welcome replies to this message.
Just not here. (If there is a more appropriate newsgroup in which to discuss
this, I'll be happy to post there instead.)
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JustThe.net - Steve Sobol / sjsobol@JustThe.net / PGP: 0xE3AE35ED
Coming to you from Southern California's High Desert, where the
temperatures are as high as the gas prices! / 888.480.4NET (4638)
"Life's like an hourglass glued to the table" --Anna Nalick, "Breathe"
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| PTravel 2005-06-29, 10:55 pm |
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"Michelle Steiner" <michelle@michelle.org> wrote in message
news:michelle-094974.16065729062005@news.west.cox.net...
quote:
> In article <97idnaxPipfahF7fRVn-uQ@comcast.com>,
> "Special Ed" <spled@dropout.edu> wrote:
>
>
> I do not owe you an apology for anything; I merely replied to you in the
> same manner you addressed me. So stop whining that I hit you back!
>
> Nor do I owe any military person an apology because I did not insult
> them.
>
> I appreciate your service to our country, but while you were in Desert
> Storm and Desert Shield, you weren't protecting me from anything. You
> were, however, rescuing Kuwait from an invasion, and I salute you for
> that. I'm sure that my "ilk" (i.e., patriotic American citizens) also
> salute you for that.
>
> Nor is Bush keeping us safe from terrorists; Iraq was never a threat to
> the United States.
>
> Too bad you can't realize what it actually is that you swore to defend
> when you took your oath of office upon your commissioning, or you
> wouldn't have called my sig "adolescent," or called me a child, ordered
> or me to support the president.
Well said, Michelle!
quote:
>
> --
> Stop Mad Cowboy Disease: Impeach the son of a Bush.
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