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Old 11-05-2004, 06:35 AM   #73 (permalink)
smooth
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Originally Posted by sob
Three well-informed people in a position to know, since the last one in particular works WITH the subject group. If you question the validity of his opinion, I'd be very interested to know your basis for doing so.



No, it seems odd that you disagree with my opinion, since it appears that you don't know anyone in the subject group, or anyone who knows many of its members.
you should ascertain more information before you spout off an ignorant opinion--especially when you claim to speak for someone else. I am a member of a very large military family. In fact, every male member of my family stretching from my grandfather (and his brothers) down to my brother (that goes down through father), my uncle's family, my grandmother's (her father) sister's descendents (her husband, three sons, and their sons) are and have been in every branch of the military. All the male members of my mother's side of the family were in multiple branches, too. That includes her father, her step-father, and her 2 brothers.

In short, I could sit here and list over 70 people in my blood family in the military.

I grew up in North County, San Diego. And lived out my teenage life in Point Loma. In case you don't know the military concentration in San Diego allow me to inform you that your 3 friends' opinions don't impress me with their breadth of knowledge as to how military families feel about what's going on in Iraq.

and I'm not going to give you a lesson on validity--I paid good money for my lessons.
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