Re: [Paddlewise] Bush League

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> No Bush Whacking, this is a paddle forum.
>

I wholeheartedly agree.  There are always two (or more) sides to any issue
and certainly none of them are germaine to a paddling forum.  My only child,
Jason, an Army sargeant, has gotten deployment orders.  He happens to feel
"privileged" (his word) to have a chance to serve again in the Gulf and I am
very proud of him.   He is not a warmonger.  If anyone on this forum wants
to get a different take on these issues you should contact him. I will
furnish you his email address.  He would love to hear from you whether you
are supportive or anti what is going on. You will get quite cogent,
insightful points from him...he is very much like me in our general
level-headedness about things.

A few weeks on another paddling forum in which someone thought to strongly
inject protest against a possible war, I objected tht it was inappropriate
and mentioned having a son in service.  Someone blasted back on that forum
that I was a bad father for raising a murderer, those words exactly.  I told
Jason of this.  No, he would not want to punch the guy out. He would like to
communicate with the guy via email discussion.  Given the piss-poor
invective type of arguments the guy had, Jason would eat his lunch.

Anyway, if you want to discuss the issues calmly, free of mindless jabs like
calling the president shrub, and to get a different cogent perspective do so
with Jason via email.  But not on this forum, please.

ralph diaz

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