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for those of you that think he's "grandstanding" or otherwise "wrong".

Maybe...but he chose to protect those in the stands as did the Army graduate. They should be honored and cherished. Not "made an exception".

If some a-hole can't figure out the difference between a Disney outfit and Armed Forces Uniform... that's what God gave us "common sense" for.

As for the rest of you that think he's was wrong... I disagree. He is part of a brotherhood that he will be with forever. He will be immortal, not as a graduate of Bum F#ck Highschool but as a United States Marine. Every man (whose worth being a man) wishes that he had the fricking balls to try to earn the title "Marine". Especially at this time when his MOS is first and foremost "rifleman" infantry... as all Marines are.... he will be in harms way, he will do his duty. I pray that he returns to be a healthy, happy OLD Marine... but either way, by choosing his Dress Blues over cap and gown I know for a fact that he "gets" it.

IF some of you still don't understand what being a Marine is all about...let me show you....

Patriot...Marine Corp

Public High School's Ideal Patriot

47 posted on 05/14/2006 3:11:24 PM PDT by Dick Vomer (liberals suck......... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.)

I did not say I thought he was grandstanding, and I do not believe that. I do think he should have put on the cap and gown and graduated with the rest of his class. That said, I'm enormously proud of this young man.

And that said, I'm not at all angry at the school district. Holdenville is a small town, and although you're right about common sense--you can't count on everyone having it. Some dufus would, sure as I'm sitting here typing, insist on graduating in his Cindy Sheehan suit. And if refused, he'd do his best to sue the socks off the school district--a huge expense for legal defense against the ACLU would ensue.

51 posted on 05/14/2006 3:17:14 PM PDT by MizSterious (Anonymous sources often means "the voices in my head told me.")

Hey Marine, what say you? May a Marine in dress be uncovered indoors?

54 posted on 05/14/2006 3:22:46 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (How come Mexican illegals don't sneak into Cuba?)

He will be immortal,...

No, he won't. He is a man who is also a Marine. I'm sure he is proud of being a Marine, as he should be; but he is not immortal.

55 posted on 05/14/2006 3:23:10 PM PDT by connectthedots

Maybe...but he chose to protect those in the stands as did the Army graduate. They should be honored and cherished. Not "made an exception".

They should fall in with their classmates and wear the cap and gown, not expect special treatment.

78 posted on 05/14/2006 4:01:50 PM PDT by Non-Sequitur

108 posted on 05/14/2006 6:12:32 PM PDT by rzeznikj at stout (ASCII and ye shall receive... (Computers 3:14))

You seem confused about my post.

180 posted on 05/15/2006 9:37:44 AM PDT by opbuzz (Right way, wrong way, Marine way)

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