[billbears]

Do you know any severe diabetics? Because of poor circulation in their lower extremities, sometimes they get gangrene and are forced to lose limbs.

Diabetes runs in my family. Of course none of them are a vegetable with no hope of recovery or even simple recognition either. For the family to state such a thing tells me they're more concerned with their feelings than that of the one they know will never return

Your profile and tag line indicates to me that you honor your Confederate ancestors, as I do mine. I can tell you from personal research that they fought with inadequate food, ragged uniforms, and no shoes because they valued FAMILY, HONOR, and WHAT THEY BELIEVED WAS RIGHT, not for personal convenience.

And for the rights of the separate and sovereign states to be upheld in the face of a damned invader who believed decisions should be made in Washington instead of the separate capitols. That's all I ask. That this issue, as with all issues not specifically outlined in the Constitution be decided in the correct place. The states

[syriacus]

For the family to state such a thing tells me they're more concerned with their feelings than that of the one they know will never return

You have an interesting "ability" to judge a situation you aren't involved in.