JeffBTX wrote:
> First; CAUTION with that term "REAL American". What is a REAL American? I could
> easily say that the only REAL Americans are those that have sacrificed and
> endured hardships for their country - as opposed to civilians who haven't (and
> wouldn't). My paternal grandmother, who grew up on a Navajo reservation in New
> Mexico, might say that the only REAL Americans are Native Americans. Rush
> Limbaugh would say that the only REAL Americans are card-carrying registered
> Republicans - EVEN if they are hypocritical drug addicts who are addicted to
> pain killers, and apparantly eat enough food to result in an enormous girth,
> enough food in one week to probably keep a small family alive for a month or
> more.
> 
> Accuracy;
> The full SUB-title was "How I learned to stop worrying and learned to love the
> bomb.". The TITLE of the movie was "Doctor Strangelove". A fiction. An
> entertainment. A parody, actually. I have it on DVD by the way, excellent
> movie. To paraphrase a fiction (especially this type of fiction, in the context
> that you used it) in an attempt to prove a point detracts from the validity of
> your post. It looks foolish.
> 
> By the way, another favorite classic of mine is "Seven Days in May". Personally,
> I root for General James Mattoon Scott. Being a military retiree, and a
> stereotypical "angry, disillusioned veteran", that would be no suprise. I would
> be DELIGHTED to see a large force march on Pennsylvania Avenue, and "kick some
> rear". NOT in/for a military takeover (as such) (or maybe, YES!), you
> understand, but to force government officials to do their jobs. Do their jobs
> efficiently, with competence, and with the welfare of the people and the
> country a priority (rather than other agendas).
> 
> Logic;
> Okay... it may very well be that some people sometime who have ingested
> flouridated water at some point might have experienced some vague symptoms
> similar to what you describe. I don't know. But how many MILLIONS (billions?)
> of "flouridated people" have lived long, healthy lives without ill effect? Your
> post is alarmist.
> 
> As to " ... wanting you silenced ... "; I don't know the details, but I CAN
> sympathize. Recently, in a games forum, a supposed "vietnam veteran" (who
> served maybe 2 years) who's "life was saved by the VA" (Veterans
> Administration) banned me from his games server for criticizing the VA. In the
> forum, he stated that I "should move to another country" (along with other
> insults). Me - who served in the military for 22 years. My criticism was based
> on MY experience with the VA, on my SPECIFIC case, and I had just as much right
> to an opinion as he did. This person (it became apparant as time went on) is a
> petty hypocrite with a tin god complex - an "anti-veteran veteran" - who just
> wanted to "show off". My critical comment was a ONE-LINER, embedded within a
> post on another subject altogether.
> 
> But in the long run, one is happier if one just forgets about it. So what? There
> are other things in life that are far more worthy of attention.
> 
> Far more dangerous to society are those that "go off half cocked", and force
> invalid concepts on society that in the long run have no real, tangible effect
> and cost everyone hard earned money.
> 
> If it worries you, water filtration systems are fairly cheap and convenient.
> Those Brita Water Pitchers come to mind.

I'm not real american (perhaps a real south american), but this was a 
top notch reply.

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