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Bill O'Rights · 08-10-2005, 07:12 AM

Wow!
This did not go in the direction that I had intended. What I wanted to know was, not so much whether, or not, you support the actual war, or the current administration...but rather whether, or not, you really support the troops that are fighting it. And if you do support the troops...how much? To what measure are you willing to go? Only as far as it causes inconvenience, or discomfort?

Ustwo? You mentioned up above there somewhere that it would've taken a string of 9-11's to get people motivated to do what it takes. Why? Have we waited to long? Is the memory of that day so distant? There was, after all, only one Pearl Harbor. And although the magnitude of December 7, 1941 was greater, wasn't the effect the same? Weren't we attacked by an external force?

wombatman? You mentioned that our soldiers, that we support with bumber stickers, have to raid local junkyards in order to obtain the armor plating that they need for thier vehicles. This raises another question. In WWII, it was common to "donate" the bumpers of your car, to scrap metal drives, in order to manufacture the machines of war. These bumpers were commonly replaced with cardboard signs informing others to "Drive Carefully. I donated my bumpers to the war effort." Instead of putting magnetic stickers on them, shouldn't we be donating our bumpers (yes, I know they're really plastic) to the war effort?

tecoyah? Thanks for beating me to the punch in moving this. Had I seen, in time, how far it had degraded...I'd have done so much earlier.

Look guys, I know that I'm reaching with a lot of this. That I'm really comparing apples to oranges. But, does anyone see what I'm trying to do here?

08-10-2005, 07:12 AM	#32 (permalink)
Bill O'Rights will always be an Alyson Hanniganite Location: In the dust of the archives	Wow! This did not go in the direction that I had intended. What I wanted to know was, not so much whether, or not, you support the actual war, or the current administration...but rather whether, or not, you really support the troops that are fighting it. And if you do support the troops...how much? To what measure are you willing to go? Only as far as it causes inconvenience, or discomfort? Ustwo? You mentioned up above there somewhere that it would've taken a string of 9-11's to get people motivated to do what it takes. Why? Have we waited to long? Is the memory of that day so distant? There was, after all, only one Pearl Harbor. And although the magnitude of December 7, 1941 was greater, wasn't the effect the same? Weren't we attacked by an external force? wombatman? You mentioned that our soldiers, that we support with bumber stickers, have to raid local junkyards in order to obtain the armor plating that they need for thier vehicles. This raises another question. In WWII, it was common to "donate" the bumpers of your car, to scrap metal drives, in order to manufacture the machines of war. These bumpers were commonly replaced with cardboard signs informing others to "Drive Carefully. I donated my bumpers to the war effort." Instead of putting magnetic stickers on them, shouldn't we be donating our bumpers (yes, I know they're really plastic) to the war effort? tecoyah? Thanks for beating me to the punch in moving this. Had I seen, in time, how far it had degraded...I'd have done so much earlier. Look guys, I know that I'm reaching with a lot of this. That I'm really comparing apples to oranges. But, does anyone see what I'm trying to do here? __________________ "I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." - Susan B. Anthony "Hedonism with rules isn't hedonism at all, it's the Republican party." - JumpinJesus It is indisputable that true beauty lies within...but a nice rack sure doesn't hurt. Last edited by Bill O'Rights; 08-10-2005 at 07:16 AM..