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To: Mr. Silverback
Well, considering the fact that my family includes a father, sibling, 1st. uncle, to name a few, who faithfully and proudly served in the military, and that I wanted to serve my country, but was denied due to a preexisting medical condition, qualifies me as a hypocrite.

I failed to read the memo which states that challenging celebrities (and I will be more specific so as not to be wrongly accused of generalizing), namely celebrities, such as a coward who fled the country in order to avoid serving the the US Armed Forces (Mr. Stallone), and this does not include all celebrities mentioned in this article, automatically describes my person as one who has "condemned" every "civilian" who did not serve. Absurd.

Unlike the average "civilian", celebrities live a different lifestyle. And although it is commendable for someone of their influence to publicly denounce terrorism, I'll be more convinced of their convictions when I see them lead the charge, or go to a hot spot in order to render aid, or at the very least, take the designer shades off and mix it up where only the military or relief forces are willing to go.
356 posted on 08/17/2006 12:23:34 AM PDT by This Just In ("that protectionism, socialism, and communism are basically the same plant" The Law; F. Bastiat)
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To: This Just In
Well, considering the fact that my family includes a father, sibling, 1st. uncle, to name a few, who faithfully and proudly served in the military, and that I wanted to serve my country, but was denied due to a preexisting medical condition, qualifies me as a hypocrite.

Well then, you're not a hypocrite. But neither is Bruce Willis or Gary Sinise, they've been to Iraq.

388 posted on 08/17/2006 1:02:02 PM PDT by Mr. Silverback (NewsMax gives aid and comfort to the enemy-- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1642052/posts)
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