I am one who looked and did not post.It is a very moving photo, especially to me as the proud father of a US Marine, but I have seen this pic a thousand times.
Bill
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I am one who looked and did not post.It is a very moving photo, especially to me as the proud father of a US Marine, but I have seen this pic a thousand times.
Bill
I saw it, was moved by it, and moved on. I did not see the need to post. I make no apology for that.
Perhaps more accurately, I was just curious that those who posted in other topics in this forum chose to ignore or not comment I did not mean those who merely opened and chose to do whatever ( ignore).
Personally, I too saw this picture a thousand times. EACH of those thousand times was by choice.
Silly me.
Mark
PS: To give proper and much deserved credit, this photo was attached to a "farewell" column by Ben Stein in which he chose to show his eternal gratitude to THOSE who have died and are dying in the cause of freedom.
[This message has been edited by Marco (edited 26 May 2005).]
Hey Marco,
Yes, it is a moving picture. I believe
I can appreciate what it represents without
comment. I'm sure others can too. What
bothers me is that you feel the need to
count how many folks fail to respond to it.
We all respond in different ways. Many of us here on FAOL are veterans. Some of us
carry our own scars and memories. I would
not judge folks by thier failure to post a
comment on a picture. Warm regards, Jim
Marco;
You judge to harshly.
I also have opened this thread before, multiple times in fact. I have not commented, because I cannot add to what has been said, and I dare not take away from it.
The image and the message it portrays bring tears of joy, sadness, gratitude, etc.... I am grateful to those who have/do/will serve. I let them know when I can. That is enough.
Don
A picture is worth a thousand words.
Thanks Mark.
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The photo never showed up on my screen....
Sometimes a picture really does say a thousand words.
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A bum-legged old man and a drunk. That's all you got?
That's WHAT I got.
As a veteran of my own little countrys wars I feel that I don't need to comment.I fought tooth and nail and lost many close friends and some of my own humanity for democracy and I get a little sensitive when someone tries to force my freedom of choice!Sorry for that!I'll post when and what I want(within the rules of course)thank you very much!Apologies to all for the tone of this post it's just something I feel strongly about.
crooks..........well said.