[Users] Protesting This Site Due to Banning Military Members

[Davis, Alexandria SM CAP 119 ND/WG ANG CDT SQ]

Thank you so much for that. You are totally amazing, and I wish your
family the best. Happy Fourth! As an auxiliarist, I try to stand up
and defend this country to the best of my ability. Have an awesome
day, and keep up the spirit. I thank your family for their service.

On 04/07/2008, Joney <talk2owen at att.net> wrote:
> I've done my best to stay out of this conversation.  Really I have. *smile*
> My father was a World War two veteran.  Served on the submarines in the
> Pacific.  Both my brothers served in Vietnam when it was definitely not
> popular to do so.  So did my cousins, two of whom have never been the same,
> because of TSD.  My nephews have served in Iraq.  Two in the 1991 wartime,
> four now.
> None of my family served because they were gung ho on killing others.  All
> of them were scared, feeling they might not return home again. Most of them
> were eighteen or nineteen when they went overseas to fight.
> Every one of them, and their comrades, need and deserve our support, whether
> we agree with why they are there or not.
> Some came home agreeing with why we are or were there, some came home with a
> differing point of view.  All came home different.  Some respecting life
> more, some not.
> My father was thanked for his service, by many who were grateful not to be
> overrun by another way of life.
> My brothers and cousins were spat at and harassed by those who chose not to
> fight.  Life for the Vietnam Veteran was not pleasant, during or after their
> service.
> My nephews were, at first, treated with respect for their decision to serve.
> Now, many treat them with similar rhetoric as I have seen here.
> You can agree or disagree with why we are there.  You can like or dislike
> our president.  You should not, however, treat those who fight for what they
> believe are other's freedom.
> It is because of these people that you have the right to say what you wish
> here without being looked up by some officer for overstepping your bounds as
> a citizen.
> No matter what you think of the reasons behind our being in Iraq, I hope you
> respect those who serve our country, doing the job you would not do.
>
> Joney AKA Blue Spirit
>
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Alexandria Davis
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