Originally Posted by
Tybee
Rob, I think what I am trying to express to you is that you thought IL was speaking ill of your friends. When you speak ill of America, to me, you are speaking ill of my beloved country and all my ancestors who have lived here since the 1600's, and all my relatives who have served the country, some of whom have died, some of whom, like my father-in-law, lived but were in the hospital for a year with his face blown away, after he saved his men in the Hurtgen forest, or my son's grandfather, who was shot by by a Japanese sniper after the war had ended, or my uncle, shot down over Normandy and buried at the American cemetary there, or my father, who ran off and changed his birth certificate to be a Marine at the age of 15, then fought in China. Like LDAHL, he won't take any credit because he says other men like my father-in-law were braver, but he was shot at, too; they just missed.
You say you cannot understand my point of view; I understand yours, but you need to try a little harder to understand what you are saying, and how it is received.
