huh? What did I do? Actually I was sitting here wondering what Tim thought about this conversation. (Loathe.) I am pretty sure the original exchange was between Gruss and Sam, not Tim and Sam.
I realize that Tim was in Afghanistan not Iraq. But he is probably the best qualified here to say whether suggesting that an invasion does not serve the american people is demoralizing... I think it must be to some extent but what are the rest of us to do, stick our heads in the sand? I think that calling returning Vietnam vets baby killers was despicable, but that it is possible to honour the service while questioning the use to which it was put. Tim, I don't know if I have explicitly said this before, but thank you for your sacrifice and for the time you spent in harm's way for this country. Dana On 7/1/05, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes good point. I also want to apologize to Tim because he might have > read it the same way. > > Anyway, everyone have a nice holiday weekend. I'll be gone for a while > so hold the negatives comments about me until I get back. > > And Dana.... be nice, you know how sensitive I can be on the 4th :) > > > On 7/1/05, S. Isaac Dealey wrote: > > > My point was when Gruss rehashes the Left's ratings that > > > are used as propaganda by al-Jazeera and others against > > > America then it is demoralizing America, in my opinion. > > > Just like I pointed out with Fonda and Kerry, they used > > > us against ourselves. I didn't mean it as name-calling > > > but I now realize it could be seen that way and am > > > sorry for it. > > > > > > Now I get to prove that I should stay out of political conversations > > all-together. :) Because I'm not entirely certain how I should respond > > to this... I considered just saying "thank you" but then I thought > > that might seem a bit ... conceited? ... I'm not sure if that's the > > word I'm searching for... anyway... it didn't seem right to me... > > although I did want to thank you but specifically for the explanation > > -- which actually is the "argument" that I'd have liked to have read > > prior to what I perceived as a name-calling contest. The "name > > calling" in and of itself wasn't an issue for me. What I objected to > > specifically (and I guess this is a knee jerk response for me) was the > > intimation that you were being mature and the other person was being > > childish after seeing what I perceived as you degenerating the > > conversation into name calling. In the end apparently it's all just a > > misunderstanding and I'm sorry if I genuinely offended you (although I > > suppose ultimately it's better that I did say something because > > otherwise I may have never read the explanation - or anyone else who > > might have perceived it that way). > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how to get a fax number that sends and receives faxes using your current email address http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=64 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:162714 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
