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To: fishhound; heartwood

You’re more than welcome. I guess if some people haven’t heard of something they consider it a lie.


49 posted on 04/23/2008 9:24:16 PM PDT by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
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To: jazusamo

That is a fair call as it seems over the top but sadly you found the truth.

If it’s not taken already I might change my tagfline to “This is not the America I knew when I was young.”


53 posted on 04/23/2008 9:33:13 PM PDT by fishhound (Boycott the Olympics in China.)
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To: jazusamo

Or they are “peass” activists


109 posted on 04/24/2008 1:53:51 AM PDT by Ulysse (a)
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To: jazusamo

Folks may not know that also in PA, a friend and journalist was assaulted by a so called peace protester.

I believe Melanie wrote about this as well. It happened in West Chester, PA. I was not present for the incident, but have witnessed attempts by the left to intimidate and agitate the Victory crowd by implementing standard Stalinist tactics.

They focus on woman and the disabled.

Nice, huh? This is allegedly the free speech crowd. /s


111 posted on 04/24/2008 2:50:12 AM PDT by HonestConservative (Taxpaying Slave Class Xenophobe)
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To: jazusamo; fishhound; heartwood
I always heard that returning Viet Nam veterans had been spit on. Some guy wrote a book called "Spitting Image" that said that those stories weren't true. He had done research and didn't find anything of substance to back it up.

I then read a review of the book that said his methodology was flawed, because he used the Internet. The writer's thesis was that those stories didn't start being told until 10 years after Viet Nam was over. The reviewer pointed out that in his opinion, the Internet wasn't a complete source because a lot of information and anecdotes from that era have not been put on the Internet, and that he's seen that problem in research before.

I Googled "Viet Nam spit veteran" and didn't find much (I didn't spend much time, honestly), so I don't know who's right and who's wrong. Not taking sides, just issuing a caveat about the nature and quality of the information we get today.

119 posted on 04/24/2008 4:15:34 AM PDT by Hardastarboard (A Zero Tolerance Policy isnÂ’t a one way street.)
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