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Hi Everyone,
I live in Prince Edward Island, the smallest province in Canada, around 130,000 people and you will see cars pull over all the time and I also remove my hat if I'm wearing one. I have been in other provinces and have not seen people pull over. I think it's disrepectfull not to pull over.
I also could not amagine someone picketing the funeral of a fallen soldier. If it is true, they should be the ones that are shot!!!
My 2 cents worth,
Alan (salmonguy)
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Dudley,
I just got home from work and watched the Channel 6 (WPSD-TV Paducah, KY) news. The Marine's funeral was in Woodlawn, IL today. There were several "protesters" at the funeral, but the News team did not film them. They were reportedly there to disrupt the funeral. They were kept away from the funeral site an unknown distance by tyhe local authorities. I don't know if they made it safely out of town or not. Check it out for yourself. [url=http://www.wpsdtv.com/emm-bin/homepage.cgi:56e22]http://www.wpsdtv.com/emm-bin/homepage.cgi[/url:56e22]
This article was put out prior to the news report this evening.
Isn't it ironic that Lance Corporal Price paid the ultimate cost to protect those "protester's" rights? I use the quotes around the word "protesters" to symbolize my total disdain for this group of people. I will not lower myself to call them what I really think they are.
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I live in middle Tennessee and it makes no difference if the funeral is large or small, there is usually a police escort and people will pull over to show respect. I buried my Father this past September 1st, and I was "touched" by the respect shown by others who pulled over. The only vehicle that did not pull over and stop was a Brinks truck. One part of the trip to the grave site was on a divided 4-lane interstate and the cars still pulled over in the other 2 lanes across the median. It just shows respect and I am glad I live where this custom has not been dropped.
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Warren
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This ones a no brainer. Stop, remove hat,
show respect. When the procession has
passed, resume whatever you were doing.
As to using the death of someone to protest
the war or political ideals, IMHO that would
be lower than whale poop. If it's a problem
and there isn't a law, then there needs to
be one and it needs to be enforced.
Warm regards, Jim
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dudley,
You are WRONG. Not EVERYONE who protests the war feels the pain of the casualties. Some, and I have seen some of them, hate the military personnel as well. Fortunately they are in the minority but they do tend to flock together like bad apples.
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Amen! JC you hit the nail on the head on that one.
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I was coming off a highway ramp and a funeral procession was on the service road, even though they had the yeild sign none did.
I was stopped, it's not my custom to "cut" into a procession. A cop pulled up behind me, and using his outside bull horn informed me...."Move or get a ticket."...
Got to love cops...I think it's still unlawful to not ceded right of way to a procession in Arkansas. It's at least rude...no-one should be in that much of a rush.
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bubba_orvis
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Dudley,
Those protests DO happen. I'll say this, and it may not be popular, but if this ol' VietNam vet attends a funeral with protesters present, they damn well better have an ambulance nearby, 'cuz we're gonna dance! No matter the cause, manners & respect should NOT be abandoned.
Mike
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It would be much the same here in WYO. I don't want to know how I would react!
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Wyo-blizzard aka Bloody Tom Bonney