How many Veterans are offended by the peace symbol and why? (vanity)

101 posted on 07/14/2009 1:58:21 PM PDT by Freedom2specul8 (Please pray for our troops.... http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/)

To: umbagi; ~Kim4VRWC's~

102 posted on 07/14/2009 2:00:27 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)

Thank you... We need to be reminded of their wise words from time to time. Perfect timing too.

103 posted on 07/14/2009 2:03:36 PM PDT by Freedom2specul8 (Please pray for our troops.... http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/)

"...I am a disabled VN combat vet. For me, the symbol identiifed those persons whose philosophy undermined our tactical position and caused the deaths & injuries of many of our troops...."

Thank you for your service....

104 posted on 07/14/2009 2:09:25 PM PDT by Freedom2specul8 (Please pray for our troops.... http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/)

To: DJ MacWoW; umbagi

HA! I think I’ll buy one of those for a special outting.

105 posted on 07/14/2009 2:13:45 PM PDT by Freedom2specul8 (Please pray for our troops.... http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/)

To: ~Kim4VRWC's~

LOL!!!

But don't get a black eye. Peaceniks are anything but peaceful.

106 posted on 07/14/2009 2:18:19 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)

However, whenever a smelly hippy flashes the VICTORY sign, as immortalized by Winston Churchill, and claims it as a “peace sign”, I get very, very angry.

A couple of years ago my pre-school aged daughter had picked up "Peace, man" from playing the prior day with a neighbor child that just had "60s Day" at school.

I spent some time with her explaining that "V means Victory!!" and what the hand gesture was for. So,she spent much of the day flashing a victory sign and declaring what it was.

That evening was our niece's graduation. My daughter repeatedly made the V and proclaiming Victory. We were seated right behind our Republican senator (whose daughter was also graduating) and he thought it was great. He joined her several times. I ran into him in an airport trying to make a connection and he recognized me as the "guy who taught his daughter about victory".

107 posted on 07/14/2009 2:20:43 PM PDT by philled (A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.-- GB Shaw)

I thank you for your service and sacrifice, but that doesn’t even begin to cover it.

To all of America’s veterans:

May God bring you comfort and health. May He always be with you in your time of need. May He heap blessings on you and those you love.

108 posted on 07/14/2009 2:22:58 PM PDT by anonsquared

To: ~Kim4VRWC's~

109 posted on 07/14/2009 2:29:01 PM PDT by umbagi

To: ~Kim4VRWC's~

110 posted on 07/14/2009 3:08:05 PM PDT by onedoug

Do you mean the question is naïve or something else is naïve?

111 posted on 07/14/2009 3:23:21 PM PDT by Freedom2specul8 (Please pray for our troops.... http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/)

To: ~Kim4VRWC's~

Doesn’t bother me at all, I even loosely sewed a very good looking uniform version of one on my dress uniform once. It had the American flag and eagle incorporated into it and looked almost like a bold, very good looking army patch.

It was entertaining to watch the double takes from the other guys in the unit.

112 posted on 07/14/2009 4:17:31 PM PDT by ansel12 (Romney (guns)"instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people")

Thank you for this question. I am a US Army Veteran who served in the Middle East in 2004 and 2005. My father was a Gunner’s Mate on the USS Lake Champlain in WWII. What he would say about that symbol is not fit to print in this forum. As a young man I would watch the “peace protestors” on TV with one hand hoisting that sign while simultaneously throwing rocks, bottles and Molotov cocktails at the police and burning down their own campuses. For the record I am a police officer. That is the symbol of those who spat on our returning war veterans. Today was apparently “International Peace Day” throughout the world and my children attended some sort of ceremony were they placed pinwheels in the shape of the 1960’s peace symbol at a public school. I was dumfounded. Why would they use a symbol from the 1950’s and 1960’s? The 1960’s, when Woodstock was in full swing and the concert goers where practicing free love and experimenting with LCD while over 100 US Servicemen and women died in Viet Nam in a single weekend! Why wouldn’t they use a less offensive symbol (at least for Vets) like the dove and olive branch? I can only guess that they wanted to stick it to the “less liberal” persons in town. Well I’m going to stick back. I have always taught my children that the peace symbol is the footprint of a coward. Peace is a lofty goal. I teach my kids to sing “Let There be Peace on Earth and Let it Begin with Me” at my parish every Sunday. Peace, however is far below the goals of Freedom, Liberty, Justice and Security. I will make war with anyone who tries to take this away. We are at war. Soldiers and Marines are taking it to our enemy all across the globe. That symbol is comfort to the enemy. I’ll never forget September 11th, even if my children’s elementary school will.

113 posted on 09/21/2009 6:55:51 PM PDT by ManasquanVeteran

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