[GreenTiger]

This is disgusting. What a bunch for mentally sick cowards. This makes me sick.

[SprCForr]

Re-opened.

I suggest a careful review of the previous comments. There has been an astounding amount of conclusions jumped to, knee's jerked and words put in mouths.

People are closer in their opinions on this than they think.

[Woodhead]

SprCForr SprCForr:

Re-opened.

I suggest a careful review of the previous comments. There has been an astounding amount of conclusions jumped to, knee's jerked and words put in mouths.

People are closer in their opinions on this than they think.

yeah...but we was having fun

I'll be carefull

[SprCForr]

Deal.

[Strutz]

This was a horrible act of vandalism. I hope the idiots responsible are caught. They tresspassed on someone's private property and damaged something that belonged to them. How terrible that someone could even think to do something like that without any regard of how that would affect the people who put it there.

I see flag burning of any kind as the lowest form of disrespect and when you burn your own that's a pretty clear sign of how you view your world, no respect, no pride in your country. This act alone should be punishable by extensive community hours (doing the most undesirable duty) after serving some time.

[Gunnair]

It was mentioned earlier, but I'll throw it out again. I find it curious that the same people who would support the right of a woman to breastfeed in public with the tenacity of a terrier would wish that woman, twenty years later, to conceal her grief from those who may not wish to see it.

Yes, very curious.

Edit: Thought this was somewhat appropriate...

$1:

Posts: 3638 Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 1:17 pm


lily wrote:
Costco has lots of aisles to choose from, and you can always look at the items for sale if your fellow shoppers offend you. Besides, I already said that nothing was visible. The only ones who would have known I was breastfeeding while shopping are the ones who sent in enough cereal box tops for a set of those cool x-ray glasses.

We as a society are far too easily offended, IMO.

[Gunnair]

SprCForr SprCForr:

Re-opened.

I suggest a careful review of the previous comments. There has been an astounding amount of conclusions jumped to, knee's jerked and words put in mouths.

People are closer in their opinions on this than they think.

In some ways. However, for some reason, the fact that the child died in uniform seems to be some point of contention.

[Brenda]

It never was really a closed topic...

Gunnair, the fact that the child died in uniform is not important. At least not more important than any other child that died. I wish you guys would understand that every dead child is terrible. But we only want it visibly remembered when it was a soldier. Then it's ok. If it died in a car crash, or still at birth, no-one would care. The memorial in the yard would be ridiculed. Can you hear it? "oh come on, girl, it's been 2 years since your "miscarriage", shouldn't you be over it now?"

[Gunnair]

Brenda Brenda:

It never was really a closed topic...

Gunnair, the fact that the child died in uniform is not important. At least not more important than any other child that died. I wish you guys would understand that every dead child is terrible. But we only want it visibly remembered when it was a soldier. Then it's ok. If it died in a car crash, or still at birth, no-one would care. The memorial in the yard would be ridiculed. Can you hear it? "oh come on, girl, it's been 2 years since your "miscarriage", shouldn't you be over it now?"

That's a pretty tall assumption you've made... no one caring that is.

[Brenda]

Gunnair Gunnair:

It was mentioned earlier, but I'll throw it out again. I find it curious that the same people who would support the right of a woman to breastfeed in public with the tenacity of a terrier would wish that woman, twenty years later, to conceal her grief from those who may not wish to see it.

Yes, very curious.

Edit: Thought this was somewhat appropriate...

$1:

Posts: 3638 Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 1:17 pm


lily wrote:
Costco has lots of aisles to choose from, and you can always look at the items for sale if your fellow shoppers offend you. Besides, I already said that nothing was visible. The only ones who would have known I was breastfeeding while shopping are the ones who sent in enough cereal box tops for a set of those cool x-ray glasses.

We as a society are far too easily offended, IMO.

And again, I will say: I show more breast on a daily basis than a breastfeeding mom in public.

[Gunnair]

Brenda Brenda:

Gunnair Gunnair:

It was mentioned earlier, but I'll throw it out again. I find it curious that the same people who would support the right of a woman to breastfeed in public with the tenacity of a terrier would wish that woman, twenty years later, to conceal her grief from those who may not wish to see it.

Yes, very curious.

Edit: Thought this was somewhat appropriate...

$1:

Posts: 3638 Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 1:17 pm


lily wrote:
Costco has lots of aisles to choose from, and you can always look at the items for sale if your fellow shoppers offend you. Besides, I already said that nothing was visible. The only ones who would have known I was breastfeeding while shopping are the ones who sent in enough cereal box tops for a set of those cool x-ray glasses.

We as a society are far too easily offended, IMO.

And again, I will say: I show more breast on a daily basis than a breastfeeding mom in public.

Sorry, I'm not seeing the relevance....

[Brenda]

Gunnair Gunnair:

Brenda Brenda:

It never was really a closed topic...

Gunnair, the fact that the child died in uniform is not important. At least not more important than any other child that died. I wish you guys would understand that every dead child is terrible. But we only want it visibly remembered when it was a soldier. Then it's ok. If it died in a car crash, or still at birth, no-one would care. The memorial in the yard would be ridiculed. Can you hear it? "oh come on, girl, it's been 2 years since your "miscarriage", shouldn't you be over it now?"

That's a pretty tall assumption you've made... no one caring that is.

The only outcry you hear, the front page news, is when it's a soldiers grave that is desecrated.
Where is the news about the "normal people"'s graves? The same shit happens there. It is just not front page news. Makes you wonder why...

[Brenda]

Neither do I. I don't understand why you had to bring this up, other than to attack Lily.

[Gunnair]

Brenda Brenda:

Neither do I. I don't understand why you had to bring this up, other than to attack Lily.

If discussing the point is "attacking" then I'd definitely agree that people are too easily offended. I'd submit that if differing points of view are problematic for you, then maybe you might want to steer clear of the weighty issues so as not to be so quickly annoyed.

[Gunnair]

Brenda Brenda:

Gunnair Gunnair:

Brenda Brenda:

It never was really a closed topic...

Gunnair, the fact that the child died in uniform is not important. At least not more important than any other child that died. I wish you guys would understand that every dead child is terrible. But we only want it visibly remembered when it was a soldier. Then it's ok. If it died in a car crash, or still at birth, no-one would care. The memorial in the yard would be ridiculed. Can you hear it? "oh come on, girl, it's been 2 years since your "miscarriage", shouldn't you be over it now?"

That's a pretty tall assumption you've made... no one caring that is.

The only outcry you hear, the front page news, is when it's a soldiers grave that is desecrated.
Where is the news about the "normal people"'s graves? The same shit happens there. It is just not front page news. Makes you wonder why...

That's another tall assumption you made. I would submit that if Grieving Mother A had a memorial of her daughter, killed by a drunk driver, trashed in her yard, and the newslink was posted on CKA, then I feel confident that a similar number of angry replies would be posted.

You are argument seems to be founded upon some shaky grounds here.