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A Marine's flag, in ashes
The Oregonian ^ | 10/18/2007 | Julie Sullivan

Posted on 10/18/2007 9:01:55 AM PDT by mojito

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Unbelievable.
1 posted on 10/18/2007 9:01:59 AM PDT by mojito
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"...highly upset when they found out who the flag belonged to."

BTT. They burned the guy's burial flag but hey, they feel real bad about it so I guess it's OK. Maybe the state should pay for counseling to restore their self-esteem.

Anyone who needs a sarcasm tag on that probably doesn't belong here.

2 posted on 10/18/2007 9:09:08 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: mojito

Believe it...after all it is the Waste Coast, where liberal (hate America) indoctrination begins while in the womb for many...


3 posted on 10/18/2007 9:09:36 AM PDT by in hoc signo vinces ("Houston, TX...a waiting quagmire for jihadis.")
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To: mojito
"they just did a stupid kid thing"

Personally, I believe it. These guys don't sound smart enough to make political gestures. Even with the bar set as low as it is nowadays.

Hopefully, the judge will come up with some creative form of punishment. Painting flagpoles at the local VFW post, for instance.

4 posted on 10/18/2007 9:09:48 AM PDT by wbill
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Maybe they could clean the floors at the local USMC recruiter’s office with a toothbrush. Every weekend for a year. And they ought to go to a couple of Marine funerals, maybe a tour of boot camp, a visit to Walter Reed.


5 posted on 10/18/2007 9:13:25 AM PDT by NEMDF
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"I don't think they really knew what they were doing; they just did a stupid kid thing, not as any protest or against the United States or authority," McNaughton said. "They just went out and did one and thought it was funny and decided to go find some more and keep doing it."

Bullcrap.

6 posted on 10/18/2007 9:13:30 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: BOBWADE; Mrs Zip

ping


7 posted on 10/18/2007 9:14:02 AM PDT by zip (((Remember: DimocRat lies told often enough become truth to 48% of all Americans (NRA)))))
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To: mojito

Speechless . . .

BTTT


8 posted on 10/18/2007 9:14:47 AM PDT by Cap Huff
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I vote we bring back public flogging.


9 posted on 10/18/2007 9:15:14 AM PDT by svcw (There is no plan B.)
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To: wbill
Hopefully, the judge will come up with some creative form of punishment. Painting flagpoles at the local VFW post, for instance.

They should get the old choice from the 1960s. Enlist in the Marines, or go to prison. The Marines have made productive citizens out of more than one delinquent.

10 posted on 10/18/2007 9:15:15 AM PDT by PAR35
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Or maybe they they should put fresh flowers on every grave in Arlington.


11 posted on 10/18/2007 9:19:21 AM PDT by P8riot (I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
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To: Kathy in Alaska; Fawnn; AZamericonnie; StarCMC; tomkow6; laurenmarlowe; MS.BEHAVIN; Lady Jag; ...
Canteen Ping
12 posted on 10/18/2007 9:19:48 AM PDT by Soaring Feather (I Soar 'cause I can....)
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To: ExTexasRedhead

Just damn.


13 posted on 10/18/2007 9:23:23 AM PDT by dynachrome (Immigration without assimilation means the death of this nation~Captainpaintball)
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To: mojito

Why isn’t THIS a hate crime?


14 posted on 10/18/2007 9:24:45 AM PDT by weegee (NO THIRD TERM. America does not need another unconstitutional Clinton co-presidency.)
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To: NEMDF
Great ideas, all.

Heck, 15 minutes with your average, run-of-the-mill drill instructor would be a life changing event for these boys. Perhaps a little size 12 motivation, properly applied....

15 posted on 10/18/2007 9:25:16 AM PDT by wbill
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To: Billthedrill

I think Marine Corps boot camp in lieu of a short prison sentence would be appropriate. Scum bags (parents included)


16 posted on 10/18/2007 9:26:22 AM PDT by SwankyC (Semper Fi C-Btry 1st Bn 11th Marines)
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To: svcw
I vote we bring back public flogging.

This would end most vandalism in a matter of weeks. Flog a few wiseacre kids in public, and word will get around. Do it in every state, every city, every town. Suddenly the little bastages will start to behave.

17 posted on 10/18/2007 9:27:17 AM PDT by Ancesthntr
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I think Marine Corps boot camp in lieu of a short prison sentence would be appropriate.

They'd cry.

18 posted on 10/18/2007 9:30:14 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: mojito

Thank you for posting. What a great story. Of course the libs dont care that these are real people with feelings. At least this reporter got the story right. I do believe that this wasnt just a prank but kids from leftist households who went out to make a statement. They knew what they were doing and they knew the message that they wanted to send.


19 posted on 10/18/2007 9:32:25 AM PDT by sasafras (All things evil are cloaked in the word diversity)
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To: PAR35
They should get the old choice from the 1960s

I don't think that they do that anymore. More's the pity for it.

Just out of idle curiosity, I wonder how many of these boys come from single-parent homes. If I had pulled a stunt like this and gotten caught, my Dad would have worn his belt out on me.

I did plenty of stupid things when I was a kid. Not this, specifically, but other things that were pretty dumb. Perhaps I'm naive, but I think that - with the proper motivation - these boys aren't lost causes.

Now, if they get a liberal judge who pats them on the head and says "It's OK because George Bush is a Nazi"....then all bets are off.

Restitution to the homeowners is a start. A little sweat equity put in with the local Armed Forces posts might be a better idea.

20 posted on 10/18/2007 9:34:02 AM PDT by wbill
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