From ERIC SPAUNHORST, on Fri, 29 Aug 2003 09:00:33 GMT (in response to: NOTICE, thoughts, etc.)
LOOK SIR, IN NO WAY SHOULD THE US GOVERNMENT EVER COMMEND, MUCH LESS COMPENSATE COWARDS OF THIS FREE AND WONDERFUL NATION THAT WE LIVE IN. I'M NOT SAYING I TOTALLY AGREE WITH HOW THINGS WENT DOWN DURING THAT ERA IN HISTORY, BUT AS IN KEEPING OUR NATION FREE FOR OUR FAMILIES (WIFES AND CHILDREN), THERE ARE GOING TO BE TIMES THAT WE AS HUMAN BEINGS HAVE TO STAND UP FOR OUR RIGHTS AND FIGHT. IF WE DON'T THEN NOBODY WILL AND THE UNITED STATES AS WE KNOW AND LOVE IT, WILL GO AWAY AND WE WILL HAVE A DICTATORSHIP TELLING US WHO WE CAN MARRY, HOW MANY KIDS WE CAN HAVE, IF AND WHERE WE WILL GO TO SCHOOL TO GET AN EDUCATION, GET MY DRIFT!! AND LORD KNOWS WE DON'T WANT THAT HAPPENING TO OUR COUNTRY. I AM PROUD TO SERVE IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND WILL AT ALL TIMES PROTECT THE FREEDOMS OF MY FAMILY AND MY COUNTRY; HOWEVER, IF THERE EVER IS A NEED FOR A DRAFT- THE YOUNG MEN OF THIS GREAT NATION BETTER REMEMBER WHERE THEY COME FROM AND REALIZE THAT FREEDOM IS NOT FREE. SOMEBODY WILL ALWAYS HAVE TO SACRAFICE TO KEEP THIS GREAT NATION THAT WAY- BUT IF THE US GOVERNMENT EVER DECIDES ON ANOTHER DRAFT, EVERY RECRUITING OFFICE IN THE US BETTER BE FULL OF PROUD AMERICANS READY TO SERVE AND KEEP THEIR FAMILIES FREE. SSG ERIC W SPAUNHORST
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