Word, that's what it all comes down to for me, thanks Bruce. -----Original Message----- From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 2:36 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: latest sorge post
Good on you Bruce. No matter what, I'm still proud and thankful for you being there rather than me. On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > > I guess I should have added that little caveat, that as a side benefit > the dog population is being thinned. And we would never shoot Iraqi > babies out of frustration and boredom. Just as any normal soldier would > not shoot any innocent human being out of frustration or boredom. Notice > I said any *normal* soldier. There are the few rotten apples in the > bunch but they are far and few between. > And just so you all know, I would have never put that post on line if I > did not expect any type of negative criticism. I am a big boy and I can > handle it. I wanted to put this post to contrast the difference in our > attitudes from the relatively safe environment in Kirkuk to the very > violent environment here. > > Ray Champagne wrote: > > I'm trying to lay off the judgment, trying to understand what it is like > to > > be in his shoes. > > But Erika, re-read the post. The dogs are not being shot for any purpose > > other than displacing anger and frustration. Not for any useful purpose > > like thinning the herd or making life safer for anyone. > > > > I'm finding it hard to condone this myself, no matter what it is done "in > > the name of". > > > > What if soldiers were killing Iraqi babies because they were stressed > out? > > Would that be condonable? > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:294481 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
