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----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 9:37 PM Subject: Re: A good american | So can you see with your nose stuck so high up in the air, or do you trip | over things? | | Obviously you are not religious, nor do you put others ahead of yourself. I | can understand looking out for #1 but thinking you are the greatest thing in | the universe is a bit extreme. | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Kevin Graeme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 5:10 PM | Subject: RE: A good american | | | > I think Alvin did the right thing. I would do much the same. The only | > difference I have is with the last statement because there is nothing in | > this universe greater than myself. I don't mean that to be disrespectful | > nor arrogant. It's simply the way I view the world. | > | > -Kevin | > | > > -----Original Message----- | > > From: Adam Churvis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 2:51 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 Host with the leader in ColdFusion hosting. Voted #1 ColdFusion host by CF Developers. Offering shared and dedicated hosting options. www.cfxhosting.com/default.cfm?redirect=10481 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
