Sorry, Brian, Your argument however is that during this period, we ought to BREAK our normal rules of posting to this mailing list and ALLOW political posts. This simply is not the medium, war or not. Jimmy -----Original Message----- From: Brian Beattie [mailto:beattie@beattie-home.net] Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 7:48 PM To: Farrimond, Ronald - " KN-7 Cc: crime@private Subject: RE: CRIME On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 10:39, Farrimond, Ronald - KN-7 wrote: > Is this a form of SPAM??? What do you mean SPAM? I'm with Crispin, I do not understand how my opinion that this, or perhaps other wars are unjustified, translates into disrespect for any class of individuals. I do not accept that dissent must cease when we go to war. I am reminded of the former POW who related the story about how while being held in Hanoi he was shown a picture anti-war protests taking place in the US and was told that this was evidence of his folly, on the contrary he observed, this was why he was fighting, to preserve the way of life that he cherished. To forgo those freedoms now would be to squander the blood and sacrifice of those who have risked and those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. You are of course entitled to your opinion. If you are fighting for an America where everybody has the freedom only to express support for the government, or the military, then sir I am ready to fight you right now. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Crispin Cowan [mailto:crispin@private] > Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 10:16 AM > To: Alesha R. Adamson > Cc: crime@private > Subject: Re: CRIME > > > Alesha R. Adamson wrote: > > >It isn't funny. Some of us put k-pots on our heads and practice shooting > >people because we might have to. Speaking for myself, entertainment at the > >expense of respect for my fellow servicemen, is sickening. If I require > >humor I will read the funnies. > > > I see this all the time, and it confuses me. The sarcasm is aimed at > administration policy, not the servicemen. How does mocking the wisdom > of starting a needless war with Iraq translate into disrespect for the > brave men & women who get sent into harm's way? > > Crispin -- Brian Beattie | Experienced kernel hacker/ beattie@beattie-home.net | embedded systems programmer, direct www.beattie-home.net | or contract, short or long term. "Honor isn't about making the right choices. It's about dealing with the consequences." -- Midori Koto
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