[Vision2020] Please Help our dying troops!
Tom Hansen
thansen@moscow.com
Sat, 19 Jul 2003 21:24:50 -0700
Greetings Visionaires -
For a person that says that he has supported our troops his entire life,
this is how he supports retired veterans.
I feel that I have two options.
1) I can continue this immature babble with a V2020 subscriber that
continues to insult my 20 years of service (along with my disability) or
2) I can ignore it and let cooler heads prevail.
I am not mad at Mr. Arnold. I pity him. I forgive Mr. Arnold's ignorance.
Maybe his venomous comments reflect what he was taught to be right, what he
has learned to be appropriate behavior.
One other thing that I have learned as a soldier is that sometimes you must
turn the other cheek. Although I am extremely tempted to fire back at Mr.
Arnold, I feel that by firing back at him I am paying the veterans on the
listserve a disservice. By firing back, I am acknowledging that his
venomous statements harm me and my fellow veterans. This, to me, is what
Mr. Arnold is hoping for. I cannot let statements from an individual who
has never warn the uniform insult those who have. As such, I refuse to
continue this immature argument and forgive Mr. Arnold.
Pro Patria,
Tom Hansen
SFC, U.S. Army (proudly Retired)