I am sorry to hear about your loss. I have friends in Iraq that would be around your nephew's age. There is a lot of soul searching to be done when things like this happen. I'm sure many will tell you, and you may feel yourself, that your nephew died in vain for something without benefit for anyone. But, I do not believe that is the case. And if you turn the volume down on Bush-bashing, America-bashing, and basically *freedom-bashing noise, you'll find out that there are many soft spoken intelligent people that think freedom and *gasp* patriotism is still something worth dying for. Nobody was forced to join the military in its current form. There is always a choice. Your nephew made his choice under his own volition, and while he paid the ultimate price in his tours, do not think that the loss of life is in vain. /m -----Original Message----- From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Sam MacDonald Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 11:50 PM To: TC LUG Subject: [TCLUG] I'm no sure about posting this [off topic] I've been getting to know many of the people who are members of TCLUG. I know this is off topic but I feel I need to tell people. Yesterday December 7th for us, My nephew Jason Wright was killed in Iraq, he was 19 years old. Jason was a member of the 101st Airborne. He was killed while guarding at gas station in Mosul. His family lives in a small town in Michigan, population about 2000. Jason has 4 brothers all younger then himself. Maybe this is part of the grieving process for me, I don't know. I just had to say something. Sam. _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list