I agree with Jimmy on this one. I joined this group for a different reason than to read about politics and someone's view on the world. Let's all keep focused on the 'vision statement' if you will of the group and the reason for its existence. There are plenty of channels to discuss politics and other issues. --> /dev/null -C --- "Kuo, Jimmy" <Jimmy_Kuo@private> wrote: > 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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