Does SINCLAIRE UNDERSTAND LAWSUIT ?

[vetwife]

I just sent a note with the petition regarding the mental health of 100 percent disabled VN vets with PTSD and asked if they or their sponsors wanted to be sued for damages that could and would happen if they aired that show.

I deal with vets all the time and some of these vets can't take this.
I have talked to Psych people. These vets can't take this. Familes of vets can't handle the trauma this will bring.
I say SUE for mental health damages. Sue the advertisers and the Broadcast company. Tobacco companies got sued for a lot less
110,000 VN vets died by their own hand after they came back and we miltary famlies all live in a world of trauma since the SBL have been out there. Flashbacks more regular and Nightmares. Homes are distraught and families walking on eggshells. Any attorneys out there want to take this on?
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My letter on the petition to Sinclair

I have talked with some psych folks and deal with veterans all the time. Combat vets. I know for a fact your airing this could have serious consequences on their mental health. Those who have PTSD 100 percent. Have you or your advertisers thought of LAWSUIT over emotional or mental damages?

[Jacobin]

1. Why do they have to watch it?

I'd like to see the Sinclair folks rot in their own feces, but fer cryin' out loud....

[vetwife]

3. You can't watch anything without the ads !

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

2. I don't know if this is related or not

and I wouldn't sue over it, but the whole Smear Boat mess got to me so badly I swear I thought I was going to have to take a couple of days off work and get myself together and NOTHING gets to me like that, NOTHING.

The Purple Heart band-aids on the delegates during the RNC was the topper for me. I actually cried for two days, got out my husband's pictures, his medals, his letters from that time he was gone. Relived all of it.

The rage I felt over their SHAMEFUL treatment of a fellow vet was palpable and I didn't know what to do with it.

I can't imagine BEING a vet and having to deal with this. My husband couldn't and wouldn't discuss it while it was going on, but recently he told me he'd never forget or forgive them for what they said and did. He also said it turned him into a life-long Democrat.

[vetwife]

4. Because some vets will watch anything to do with Nam..not my vet but

many many veterans suffering from PTSD will. They do it for hope of regaining some memory. Plus they cannot get away from the ads. Neither can we family members if we even want to watch the 6 o clock news.

[vetwife]

5. Also...Big money like Sinclair only understands money...Why do

you think they are fighting for Tork reform so badly ! IF they think they will be liable for a death or severe setback, they should think twice. The swiftboat liars should have already been sued. A PTSD victim has emotional problems and some are suicidal and homicidal. The ads do not even have a disclaimer on them !

[LittleClarkie]

10. Damn, Moonbeam, you're going to make me cry

The repubs I know, including my brother, don't understand why I go ballistic when they make fun of Kerry's service and his medals.

It started when I was listening to the local morning radio show (Lazer 103 for you Milwaukeeans) and Max Cleland came up because of the DNC. One of the guys started singing "B-Double-E-Double-R-U-N", making fun of why Max got injured.

I wrote a letter to those guys, crying the whole time. This is NOT a partisan issue. This is a vet issue. Support the troops, you motherfuckers, even if they happen to be Democrats. They excused Abu Ghraib by saying that they didn't know what it was like in Iraq because they weren't there. Well, neither were they in Vietnam, so shut the hell UP!

I've only recently realized that some of my emotion is coming from the death of my dad. I think I equate Kerry with my dad, both Navy veterans. What if someone went after my dad's record like this?

These people have no honor.

[cheshire]

6. Most ofthe repulicans are not Vets and should not speak for them. Is

Sinclair a Vet is the question. I'll be back.

[vetwife]

9. The producer is a vet....A marine..I checked..

[cheshire]

11. Must be one that thought they could win Viet Nam and it's Kerry's fault

they didn't. I have all the Sinclair groups email addresses if anyone wants let me know.

[librechik]

7. Bless your heart, vetwife!

That's an excellent point and I hope it will sway those corporate swine at Sinclair! Can you get a psychologist to write them too ?

[vetwife]

8. I can get a psych nurse and we got psychologists right here !

VA Mental Health professionals maybe? when is this thing suppose to air? McDermott was a Psych Doc, I think on returning vets from Nam.
Pretty sure about that.

[vetwife]

12. What we need to hear from is some Psychologists on this site and lawyers !

Input please !

[vetwife]

13. OK its official...I am sitting here crying...Hard for me to do. Life just

a whole lot harder for me. I am so upset !

[vetwife]

14. FCC Letter My complaint

Dear Officials,
As the wife of a 100 percent disabled combat VN vet, and CEO of a Veterans organization, do you realize what damage can be done to the mental health and emotional health of veterans suffering from PTSD if Stolen Valor airs? Many vets do not have someone at home to screen what they watch (per their psychiatrists advice).

Do you realize that over 110,000 VN vets have died by their own hand since the war was over and have been so traumatized and you all have allowed those ads to go on channel after channel without a disclaimer. Do you realized people can die from this sort of thing? Ask any mental health professional who deals with combat vets who have nightmares and flashbacks. The families of these emotionally distraught veterans have even considered suing.

This is your job to see that the health of the people..ALL the people, not just the republicans are protected from this type of exposure to relived trauma. It really does not matter if you are a democrat or republican or no party affiliation, what matters is people's mental and emotional health. The tobacco companies had to pull ads for less. This affects the entire veterans families and who knows what kind of hospitalizations or deaths this could bring about.

This is not a democratic issue, nor republican. This is a moral and health plus American issue.