Political topic with an issue

[edball]

And remember the people protesting the war wanted to save our soldiers lives. The people who wanted the war to go on wanted our soldiers to fight and die.
I am not saying which side was right but if the protestors had their way you might not have went to Vietnam.

The protesters against Vietnam were different than the ones now. They were against the soldiers, there was a totally different feel to things back then.

[techs]

The protesters against Vietnam were different than the ones now. They were against the soldiers, there was a totally different feel to things back then.

I only talked about which side would keep the troops safe. And a lot of people really didn't want our troops to die for the cowardly, corrupt south vietnamese. So lets not paint everyone with the brush of a minority of radicals.

[Major Kong]

Thanks Tekboy.

I'll tell y'all something and I just want this left in the immediate context of which I'm writing it. I do not have anything against Kerry's involvement with the peace movement after his service during Vietnam. There were many vets who opposed the war.

[jitBob]

No, of course not, Cleetus

No, but you should have enough respect to try the links.

"The worst form of intellectual dishonesty is contempt prior to investigation."

The true quote as it was originally given is;

"There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance- that principle is contempt prior to investigation." -Herbert Spencer

Herbert was an educator.

[jitBob]

Thanks Tekboy.

I'll tell y'all something and I just want this left in the immediate context of which I'm writing it. I do not have anything against Kerry's involvement with the peace movement after his service during Vietnam. There were many vets who opposed the war.

Hear, hear! Those were very turbulent times, and for those of you who are too young to remember the joys of draft cards and draft lotteries, all of your knowledge is from someone else, it is not yours. Accordingly I value your opinion.

Ya_K, your military service is an admirable thing, but you don't know what it meant to be young then or the ideals that were both instilled and destroyed. I too served during the vietnam years.

[Ya_know]

Thanks Tekboy.

I'll tell y'all something and I just want this left in the immediate context of which I'm writing it. I do not have anything against Kerry's involvement with the peace movement after his service during Vietnam. There were many vets who opposed the war.

I'll give you that, and I respect that opinion. We all have a constitutional privilege to protest. But this particular protestor of the government policy wants now to become Commander in Chief. There’s a long road to travel from violating articles of the UCMJ (Uniform Code of Military Justice) in an effort for peace, to leading our country’s armed forces. Again I remind you all that Kerry was not permitted by Military regulations to protest. The UCMJ negates many a fighting man’s Constitutional freedoms, and he violated those regulations…bottom line.

I respect the vast differences between my service and the service of those men who lived and died in such completely different times. I count my blessings that I was never subject to a draft, violent war, and despicable lack of appreciation from the home-front. I salute all that served, even Kerry. Don’t ever for a minute think that I don’t take all of that into consideration when I draw my conclusions Jitbob.

[Major Kong]

That's why I wrote:

I'll tell y'all something and I just want this left in the immediate context of which I'm writing it...

That in and of itself was the basis of my comment. I was not going to expand on any other issues.