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t walgamuth · #67 06-07-2007, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Howitzer

That is your opinion you have a right to think what you want and write about it. Thompson thinks service is a noble deed as do others dating back to the first day an Army was formed. Some Soldiers talk about it and some don't what difference does it make? Are the men that were interviewed on Band of Brother less noble than someone who was not? I think the Pacifists that smoke jumped during WWII are noble and served honorably heck I think someone that serves as a volunteer fireman has done his/her job for society.

Soldiers were glorified in Vietnam? Personally I think that people don't like the rah rah Soldier talk because in makes their anti Soldier views and prejudices taboo and not something they want to shout out loud in a public place.

In summary - I will give the answer that nobody likes - I do think much less of people who have not served. Its my thought, its my life, its my life and thats how I roll and am not afraid to say it.

well....i don't think any less of those who went to war.

seriously, i respect, am grateful to and feel sorry for anybody who went, even if they chose to go....i doubt that anybody can imagine in advance the horrors of war.

i did not go. they didn't want me. if given the choice i would have chosen not to go. if drafted i would have served with what i would consider a normal amount of reluctance.

my father in ww2 worked in war production stateside. they didn't want him either. in ww2 everybody pretty much contributed to the war effort.

i can understand a feeling of brotherhood amongst folks who saw combat, even amongst those who simply were in the military and saw no combat because it was something that was shared.

to think less of those who never had the opportunity to serve?

seems unfair.

tom w