And this goes back to what I said earlier. If I met him in person, i'd salute him and It would be yes mr. President or no mr. President. I'd show his position the respect it deserves, but I still would not have to respect the man behind the title.
Sent from my iPhone 4S. On Apr 18, 2013, at 9:54 AM, "Larry C. Lyons" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes but you still had to treat them with respect and deference. It did not > mean saying go fck yourself to them. You may not like the president but you > have to treat him with the respect due to his office. > > That said I do recognize the hypocrisy of that, given my attitudes towards > George W. Bush. In my own defense I can say that as a civilian I can do > that. As a military person, you freedom is limited. > > > On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 9:33 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> No, nothing says that respect is required. Orders must be followed, but >> respect is something that is earned. Gulf of difference there. >> >> Larry, do I remember that you served in the military? Don't tell me you >> didn't have some officers that, in your personal opinion, couldn't find >> their ass without a map and large-print directions? >> >> Until Later! >> C. Hatton Humphrey >> http://www.eastcoastconservative.com >> >> Every cloud does have a silver lining. Sometimes you just have to do some >> smelting to find it. >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 9:21 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected] >>> wrote: >> >>> >>> Exactly. As as Commander in Chief he is entitled to respect, as much as >>> your company CO or 2IC if not more so. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:362921 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
