Posted on 01/01/2013 11:46:53 AM PST by T.O.K.
Edited on 01/01/2013 12:54:57 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
The following letter, written by U.S. Marine Joshua Boston and headlined “No ma’am.,” was posted in the CNN iReport on Dec. 27 with the included note from the producer and photo. It has struck a nerve with many and is being circulated around social media venues like Twitter and Facebook.
Senator Dianne Feinstein,
I will not register my weapons should this bill be passed, as I do not believe it is the government’s right to know what I own. Nor do I think it prudent to tell you what I own so that it may be taken from me by a group of people who enjoy armed protection yet decry me having the same a crime. You ma’am have overstepped a line that is not your domain. I am a Marine Corps Veteran of 8 years, and I will not have some woman who proclaims the evil of an inanimate object, yet carries one, tell me I may not have one.
I am not your subject. I am the man who keeps you free. I am not your servant. I am the person whom you serve. I am not your peasant. I am the flesh and blood of America.
I am the man who fought for my country. I am the man who learned. I am an American. You will not tell me that I must register my semi-automatic AR-15 because of the actions of some evil man.
I will not be disarmed to suit the fear that has been established by the media and your misinformation campaign against the American public.
We, the people, deserve better than you.
Respectfully Submitted,
Joshua Boston
Cpl, United States Marine Corps
2004-2012
Those that serve the country have sworn an oath to God to protect and defend the Constitution.
“Someone mentioned that the majority of us don’t want to be the first to martyr for the cause. But what happens when it’s our friends, family, neighbors?”
That will only be answered by each individual at the point of no return. In DC, Detroit, Chicago...etc... you will be outnumbered 10-1. In Montana they will be outnumbered 100-1.
The protection has to come from our state leaders. The feds are on a roll and must be reigned in.
Is there any ruling on the natural born status of a child where one of the parents is not a citizen of the U.S.?
Is there any ruling on the natural born status of a child where one of the parents is not a citizen of the U.S.?
“Man” is generally acknowledged to refer to both men and women when a person is speaking generally.
I understand that many people who did not grow up many decades ago may not be as sensitive to certain forms of expression as those of us who experienced sexual harassment in our youth. And some people may not be aware that their parents inculcated a subtle inclination to resent women more intensely than they resent men who have power over them and to denigrate such women more vociferously than they would a man.
I understand that many people who did not grow up many decades ago may not be as sensitive to certain forms of expression as those of us who experienced sexual harassment in our youth.
Such as this young man, who was speaking directly to Feistein, yet he's criticized for language he (I'm guessing) never realized may appear to be degrading to some.
He was speaking about and to a specific person. A woman. Not numerous people. In my example, he's speaking to a specific person (though fictional). A man. Is my example offensive to men?
I mean no disrespect and know I cannot fathom what it must be like to be a woman who has been harassed. I feel too much has been read into his letter, and the point of his letter has been hijacked by those who choose to be offended by his use of the term "woman" when they have no idea of his intent at the time he wrote the letter.
Perhaps he is a chauvinist wife beater, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt since his letter was to refute the intended legislation of Senator Feinstein.
Boxer is a mental midget. Her hissy fit was laughable...
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