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To: Michael.SF.

Sorry, I thought you were stainless with the posting bit. But who politicized this event first?


129 posted on 09/01/2006 10:56:17 AM PDT by Heyworth
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To: Heyworth
From the article: Official U.S. government grave markers are available to all Confederate veterans.

Your comment to me: But who politicized this event first?

Perhaps I am missing something here, but I fail to see how placing a headstone on the grave of a deceased veteran and inviting his family to attend the ceremony is "politicizing" said event.

Recently, some remains were found of a WWII pilot whose plane crashed on an island in the South Pacific. His remains were interred at Arlington with appropriate salutations given. Would you consider that to have been politicized?

I consider Cindy Sheehands actions to be a politicalization of the death of a soldier and is a misdirection of her grief. The religious fanatics who protest at military funerals are wholly inappropriate and the contempt I have for them exceeds that which I hold for Cindy Sheehan.

Am I missing something as to the event in this post? If so, enlighten me.

132 posted on 09/01/2006 11:28:55 AM PDT by Michael.SF.
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To: Heyworth
But who politicized this event first?

This poster

136 posted on 09/01/2006 11:57:24 AM PDT by stainlessbanner
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