cool story... -----Original Message----- From: Adam Churvis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 3:51 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: A good american
> | >| So I take it that you hold in contempt those who have a sincere, religious > | >| or otherwise, conviction that serving in the military is wrong. Alvin York was a consciencious objector on religious grounds and petitioned the government to not be drafted on that basis. He was turned down. Later during basic training here in Georgia, he refused to shoot at targets shaped like humans, and instead qualified using plain round targets. "Sir, I am doing wrong. Practicing to kill people is against my religion" was his reason. His superiors wondered how someone with such uncanny marksmanship at 500 yards could possibly be a consciencious objector. They had a talk with him about the principles of this country of ours and its history, and they gave him some time to think it all over. Alvin came back to his superiors saying that he was more against war than ever, but that he would serve and do what was necessary of a soldier. He was send to the Argonne Forest, right to the German front line. For those of you not familiar with the outcome, Alvin York killed 25 Germans, knocked out 35 machine guns, and captured 132 prisoners almost single-handed. He killed over and over again with great precision and strategic military thinking so that he could kill as many as possible in just the right places and make it seem that the division was under attack by another division. He was awarded, among other things, the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions. There is a proper way to conscienciously object to war, and Alvin C. York showed us all exactly how to do it. You object on moral grounds as long and as hard as possible, but when push comes to shove -- and not just to shove against you personally -- you fight with everything you've got. And you do it for something greater than yourself. Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis Member of Team Macromedia Advanced Intensive ColdFusion MX Training ColdFusion MX Master Class: July 14 - 18, 2003 http://www.ColdFusionTraining.com Download CommerceBlocks V2.1 and LoRCAT from http://www.ProductivityEnhancement.com The ColdFusion MX Bible is in bookstores now! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
