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In reply to the discussion: You don’t protect my freedom Our Childish Insistence on Calling Soldiers Heroes [View all]Android3.14
(5,402 posts)The validity of the survey actually never crossed my mind. Though for future reference, becoming angry when someone questions you is often a sign of lying.
Your tale is fascinating, however. I'd love to hear the details of how, under the sensitive eyes of a 10-year-old son, an alcoholic WWII veteran/Nuremberg trial guard/displaced person's camp worker/unpaid carpenter to "all of our neighbors"/card carrying union member/but not a hero managed to have a feud with one neighbor who happened to be a Marine in the '70s (Vietnam veteran?), whose son later defended the old homestead from said aging neighbor over the next 40 years, becoming a parent himself, never filing a lawsuit against the neighbor (now a senior citizen) for property damage, until finally deciding to release the pent up frustration that extended across three generations by publishing a post that demeans all members of the military and then justifying it with the excuse that it is okay because "...people demean the homeless, the disabled and people who do not think exactly the way they want them to."
I'm sorry to say I am having real trouble believing this. If the story held up under scrutiny, that would be an interesting discussion.
But goodbye nonetheless.