Picture yourself there, and examine the thoughts you might have

Racenut20

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Sun Jan-04-04 09:03 AM
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Picture yourself there, and examine the thoughts you might have

You are sitting on the front porch on a Sunday morning after arriving home from church.

The olive drab sedan pulls up and slowly comes to a halt in the street in front of your house.

A decorated officer and a chaplin climb out of the vehicle, while the driver remains inside.

They look toward your house number, checking against the folder in their hands for validity.

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Kamika

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Sun Jan-04-04 09:06 AM
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1. ok

"wow i guess some repug just lost their kid"

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Bertha Venation

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Sun Jan-04-04 10:00 AM
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7. oh, please

:eyes: I'm amazed at your filthy attitude. If that was meant to be funny -- jesus christ, did you ever fail.

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Kamika

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Sun Jan-04-04 10:03 AM
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8. no

It's what I would think that's all.

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HereSince1628

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Sun Jan-04-04 09:10 AM
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2. R they still doing that sort of home visit?

Somehow I had the impression that wasn't being done for families of Iraq KIA's.

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bearfan454

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Sun Jan-04-04 09:26 AM
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3. My first thought - Shit somebody's dead.

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rasputin1952

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Sun Jan-04-04 09:44 AM
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4. That scene in "Saving Pvt. Ryan" stands out...

for so many reasons.

My G'mother had told me that she often waited for the Western Union messenger or someone from the Army to show up and give her the bad news. As my dad was an only child, he didn't even have to go, but it was his duty, and he performed it well.

Obviously, since my ugly mug is here, the WU guy never showed up. But she was called to several of her friends homes to help console those who had lost a son.

O8)

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SheilaT

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Sun Jan-04-04 09:56 AM
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5. Yes, they are still doing that.

And not every dead soldier is the child of a Republican, so the comment "I guess some repug just lost their kid" is truly offensive. Each and every dead soldier is someone's loved child, perhaps a father, mother, sister, brother, also. They were a living human being who had their life snuffed out needlessly, just as every single dead Iraqi was a father, mother, child, and so on who died for no good reason.

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Bertha Venation

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Sun Jan-04-04 09:58 AM
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6. Well said.

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JohnKleeb

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Sun Jan-04-04 10:36 AM
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9. Well like Ras I think of the scene in Saving Private Ryan

I would be like "oh no" or something like that or I would just nod.

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