VERY well put Matt. On Tue, 2003-12-09 at 07:27, Matthew R Anderson wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ 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