RonD1120 62
RonD1120 62
QuoteQuoteI know you are going to require further explanation. My neighbors and I have like values. If some wacko buys property next to one of them they will be upset. I will join them and be upset also. We will likely begin to behave in attitude and manner that will indicate to the wacko that he would probably be happier if he lived somewhere else. We would stay within the limits of the law but the message would be delivered and understood. Now the wacko can stay and be miserable or move.
Or maybe the "wacko" (I'm curious how that would be defined in your neighborhood) will respond to the harassment by using his Second Amendment rights to protect his right to live in his own dwelling, and someone will wind up getting shot. Attaboy, neighbor.
Harassment, who said anything about harassment?
Look for the shiny things of God revealed by the Holy Spirit. They only last for an instant but it is a Holy Instant. Let your soul absorb them.
wmw999 2,446
How will you express your attitude and manner of behavior that will make your neighbor unhappy with his choice of domicile? If it's just by ignoring him, welcome to suburban America. If it's more active, it might be definable as harrassment.
Wendy P.
Wendy P.
There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)
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However, I see no further error. You seem tense. You appear less than pleased with the military. You express a certain apathy or maybe disdain for the KIA.( incorrect assumption, projecting perhaps?) You make no reference to involvement with veterans organizations.
Again, thank you for your service. Have a nice day.
again you repeat your errors in assumption, and add another (since you appear to have trouble perceiving the basics, I've highlighted them for you as well as one that is possibly my own in this sentence. You are up to three in this post alone at this point)
No I didn't make any reference to veterans organizations. Of course you are free to assume I'm not, if so you should up your error count to four.
I have no need to brag or live in the past in the manner you so clearly do. I train soldiers, airmen and marines on a daily basis and so am regularly witness to damage the misuse of the military is causing. The military is a tool, it is foolish to be displeased with a tool when fault lies with the hand that wields it. My disdain is for the waste, the damage and therefore the willful disregard of life caused in the misuse of the tool by the hand that wield it.
I will have a nice day. I'm going to jump. In like spirit with your 'nice day', enjoy sitting on your retired rump recalling your 'glory years' as a skydiver and serviceman, some of us haven't given up on living life or improving it for others.
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Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
skyrider 0
PGR member here, for over two years!
Fortunitly, I have been on few missions!
Fortunitly, I have been on few missions!
billvon 2,991
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>Liberty is the freedom to do what is right, not the right to do what is wrong.
Liberty is the freedom to do what YOU think is right. You have that freedom here. If you want to maintain that freedom, you must respect other people's freedom to do what THEY think is right (provided it does not injure you of course.)
Liberty is the freedom to do what YOU think is right. You have that freedom here. If you want to maintain that freedom, you must respect other people's freedom to do what THEY think is right (provided it does not injure you of course.)
RonD1120 62
Quote>Liberty is the freedom to do what is right, not the right to do what is wrong.
Liberty is the freedom to do what YOU think is right. You have that freedom here. If you want to maintain that freedom, you must respect other people's freedom to do what THEY think is right (provided it does not injure you of course.)
Roger that.
Look for the shiny things of God revealed by the Holy Spirit. They only last for an instant but it is a Holy Instant. Let your soul absorb them.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/24/westboro-church-protest-a_n_692827.html
The loathsome Westboro Baptist Church (WBC), best known for "protesting" the funerals of U.S. soldiers with signs saying "God hates fags" and "God hates America," staged another "protest" on August 13th, this time of the Jewish Federation. Presumably, the Federation's sin is being Jewish.
However, the WBC members got a whole lot more than they bargained for when Brick Stone showed up and started asking them lots of confusing questions about Lady Gaga, Hell, Jews and double anal sex, among other topics.
The church members were sufficiently disturbed by Stone's interviewing style that they decided to end their "protest" early.
Some sample questions:
--If you hate gays, why are you holding the sign that way?
--If a woman dressed as a man has sex with a guy with a vagina, can they still get into heaven? Or, are they already there?
The loathsome Westboro Baptist Church (WBC), best known for "protesting" the funerals of U.S. soldiers with signs saying "God hates fags" and "God hates America," staged another "protest" on August 13th, this time of the Jewish Federation. Presumably, the Federation's sin is being Jewish.
However, the WBC members got a whole lot more than they bargained for when Brick Stone showed up and started asking them lots of confusing questions about Lady Gaga, Hell, Jews and double anal sex, among other topics.
The church members were sufficiently disturbed by Stone's interviewing style that they decided to end their "protest" early.
Some sample questions:
--If you hate gays, why are you holding the sign that way?
--If a woman dressed as a man has sex with a guy with a vagina, can they still get into heaven? Or, are they already there?
First Error, your first post to me was #32:
Fundamental Error: The assumption that because I disagree with you I've never served, or that my service is some how 'lacking' because I didnt get the same 'message' from it that you did.
Fact is, military service ALONE, doesn't not make one a hero, some of the worst dirtbags in history have been military veterans, and more often than not those who claim 'glory' in their military service are some of the worst offenders.
WHAT YOU DO TODAY, not what job you have, not what job you HAD, not what job you personally define your life as(as many former veterans do, relying on past 'glory' they rarely earned personally), and certainly not (as you've claimed often as recently in this thread) what flag you wore on your sleeve or fly over your house, is what matters.
Yesterday is over, tomorrow is a whisper that may never appear, what did you do TODAY to prove your worth? Right here, right now, not gathering together to pat each other on the back and tell 'there I was stories' is the only thing that makes a difference at all.
Honoring the dead has its place, and those who would use the death of another to make a political statement are stealing oxygen from anyone with a shred of honor and dignity, but perhaps doing more to prevent the lives of the deceased from being thrown away in useless political conflict in the first place would be a better use of your time.
Oh wait, I forget, that requires actual action NOW to shape tomorrow, instead of borrowing reflected glory from the sacrifice already made.
Your entire attitude is 'in error', the sword of the US Military is being wasted to no good cause by the politicians who wield it, and all you do is show up after the fact.
I concede that I missed the proper post number.
However, I see no further error. You seem tense. You appear less than pleased with the military. You express a certain apathy or maybe disdain for the KIA. You make no reference to involvement with veterans organizations.
Again, thank you for your service. Have a nice day.