[Rhodes22-list] Draftdodger/cowards

[Steve]

Mark
I'm am sorry, I see now that cowards run in your
family.  I should have know:-)
Steve

PS - wouldn't fight in WWII; talk about a yellow
strick in one faimily.  Good thing the Rupublican are
in power and are willing to die to fight for you.  

--- Mark Kaynor <mark at kaynor.org> wrote:

> Neil,
> 
> You get the point. Not choosing to fight does not
> make one a coward. By
> Steve's measure, Gandhi was a coward. My uncle was a
> conscientious objector
> during WWII - no one can tell me that was the act of
> a coward - it was a
> very difficult thing to do at that time. He got the
> worst assignments -
> working in a delousing camp, for instance - for an
> extremely low wage. I've
> always admired him for it. So did his brothers, all
> of who served in the
> armed forces. My dad was one of a fairly small
> fraternity who were certified
> to fly both the B-29 Flying Fortress and the B-24
> Liberator. He and his
> other brothers all gave my uncle a portion of their
> pay every month because
> "what Al was doing was just as important to the war
> effort as what we were
> doing".
> 
> 
> Steve,
> 
> Wow. You're a real piece of work. You don't have any
> idea who I am, yet this
> is the second or third time you've leveled a
> personal attack at me because
> you didn't like what I was saying. You've called me
> a coward at least twice
> now, and I find that, no, make that YOU, very
> offensive. 
> 
> <stevemode>
> Thanks for the reminder of why I added you to my
> email filter, troll-boy.
> Now I just need to write some routines that strip
> the crap you spew from
> other people's replies so I don't have to read that,
> either.  
> 
> And it seems to me, that people who resort to name
> calling are basically
> cowards. It's a tool often used by bullies, whether
> they're stupid or
> bigoted or both because the grey matter between
> their ears is calcified to
> the point that they're unable to carry on a rational
> conversation.  
> </stevemode>
> 
> Good day, sir.
> 
> Mark
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On
> Behalf Of Neil Townsley
> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 11:01 AM
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Subject: Re: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Draftdodger/cowards
> 
> Steve,
> Being a conscientious objector is not the same as
> being a coward. I spent
> two years in Viet Nam as a helicopter pilot in
> assault helicopter units. I
> can remember one conscientious objector with the
> 25th Inf Div (he objected
> to carrying weapons) who would get off the
> helicopter and go into battle
> carrying only a medical bag. He certainly was not a
> coward. 
> Neil Townsley
> 
> Steve wrote
> 
> Voice your opinion all your want.  I am only
> recommending that you list
> yourself properly.
> Conscientious Objector is wrong; You are a coward. 
> 
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