Written by SOME GUY...kinda gives you a little sumpin' sumpin' to think about

ChangLi

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SOME GUY tells it Like It Is

This was written by a GUY. in Texas and is very good, please read.

I was just reading Yahoo news and the San Antonio Express newspaper. You know what upsets me? People with absolutely nothing to do with their lives, so they complain on how the U.S. is treating the prisoners or "Detainees" from Afghanistan.

Do you know why they are complaining? They see a picture on the news or the internet and they see someone who is shackled and blindfolded and walking with two armed guards behind razor wire. This picture tells them they are treated unfairly.
Here is what I see....

I see a thin, sickly looking person who under severe mental duress from being bombed, was cleaned up, given a haircut to prevent infestation of parasites, and given new clothes and shoes to wear. I see a person who is given three nutrious meals per day and a bed to sleep in in a tropical climate, not the cold desert floor of Afghanistan, eating worms, bugs, and goat. I see a person who will be able to get relief from their pains and illnesses without paying a dime for medical expenses. They will get rest, educated, and their mental stress levels will have dropped tremendously because they were taken out of a combat area and will not be shot at again.

I see these people blindfolded and shackled behind razor wire. I have the intellectual ability to understand why they are this way. For those that do not have this ability, let me explain it to you. They are blindfolded to protect OUR U.S. SOLDIERS from further harm. These people can not plan to destroy something if they can not see it. They are shackled because these same people have proven they will easily give up their lives to kill just ONE AMERICAN. We are protecting their life as well as our own. The razor wire is a mental deterrant, just like the little alarm company warning signs most of you out there have on your home, but don't have the actual alarm system. You would think many times over before actually trying to cross that razor wire.

For all of you people out there thinking how bad these poor detainees have it under such strict guard, you need to do a lot more thinking about other things in your life.
I was born on September 11th, 1966, and every birthday I have from now on will never be a happy one. Why, do you ask? Because as I am out somewhere trying to have a nice dinner, someone will have a candle or a ribbon or something, crying about the anniversary of a national tragedy. And then I will think, about how insignificant my one little birthday actually is compared to everything else that had happened on that one day.

It boggles my mind that there are actually people out there in this world, in leadership positions, head of companies that actually think that we are doing something wrong when it comes to protecting our nation and our people.

These same people will be the first ones to complain about something that happens to them when they are vacationing outside this country. They will ask why the U.S. does not do anything about their misfortune. These are the same people that complain about taxes and how bad their lives actually are.
I am not afraid or ashamed to speak my peace. I am an American, my father fought for this country, and was willing to die for it.


SOME GUY Tomaselli Uvalde,
Texas
United States of America

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ChangLi

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Andy,
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At least it gave you sumpin' to think about.
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You want spaces?
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Then by god you'll get spaces.
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Sorry for the original problem, I just cut and pasted off the website.
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Why does it matter if this person is a Dr? It doesn't automatically make his opinion any more valid.

Rob
 

ChangLi

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fer chrissakes Rob, I found it interesting and posted it here. Please let me edit it to your satisfaction. Afterwords, perhaps you and all your anal, holier than thou friends here can kindly kiss my a$$. It's not like you two jokers even expressed an opinion of "what" I posted, merely "how" I posted it. I think I'm gonna give myself a weeks vacation away from here. Some of you peeps make me wanna screem.

Rant over... Hope you like it better now robby. See ya all in a week or so.
 

Heisenberg

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<< Why does it matter if this person is a Dr? It doesn't automatically make his opinion any more valid.

Rob
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No, the EIGHT years of school followed by several more years of residency doesn't make any difference at all from the common man's viewpoint.
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<< No, the EIGHT years of school followed by several more years of residency doesn't make any difference at all from the common man's viewpoint. >>


It would were this a matter regarding medicine. This is a matter regarding differing political views; for what it's worth, I generally agree with the honorable Dr. Uvalde in this instance. Nevertheless, I don't find that his medical experience bears any relevancy on this particular subject.



<< fer chrissakes Rob, I found it interesting and posted it here. Please let me edit it to your satisfaction. Afterwords, perhaps you and all your anal, holier than thou friends here can kindly kiss my a$$. It's not like you two jokers even expressed an opinion of "what" I posted, merely "how" I posted it. I think I'm gonna give myself a weeks vacation away from here. Some of you peeps make me wanna screem. >>


My comments were not meant to be a critique of how you posted this, or, for that matter, what you posted; rather, I was commenting on the fact that his title bears no relevancy on his commentary, and consequently, doesn't necessarily make his opinion any more valid.

Your former title:

Written by a doctor...kinda gives you a little sumpin' sumpin' to think about

Implied that the fact that this man is a doctor (in what, I don't know) bore some sort of relevancy on the substantitive value of his letter. It doesn't. I was merely pointing that out, and wasn't intending to do so in a "holier than thou" manner.

If you really get that offended at such a small remark, maybe you do need to take some time off. You seem a bit wound up.

Rob
 

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<< Why does it matter if this person is a Dr? It doesn't automatically make his opinion any more valid.
Rob
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The vailidity of his words automatically makes his opinion more valid though ;)
 

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<< The vailidity of his words automatically makes his opinion more valid though >>


I'll give you that. :)

Rob
 

Heisenberg

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<< It would were this a matter regarding medicine. This is a matter regarding differing political views; for what it's worth, I generally agree with the honorable Dr. Uvalde in this instance. Nevertheless, I don't find that his medical experience bears any relevancy on this particular subject. >>



It was concerning (alleged) mistreatment of prisoners, which I believe a doctor is more qualified to speak on versus a regular person. *shrug*
 

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<< It was concerning (alleged) mistreatment of prisoners, which I believe a doctor is more qualified to speak on versus a regular person. *shrug* >>


His letter was regarding politics, and little more; his opinions expressed had little to do with qualified medical opinion, unless you gather that he can gather better information from "a picture on the news or the internet" (his words, not mine) than the common public.

I'll put this simply: I'm not disputing what he said; I'm simply disputing that his position as a doctor gives him any more weight on this particular issue.

Rob
 

Heisenberg

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Well, the way the letter was written, I can see where you're coming from. It is obviously more of a political/social opinion than an objective medical evaluation of the treatment they're receiving.
 

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<< ok, we could use some spaces between paragraphs >>



And by god at least we hve good replies.