Originally posted by Hangtime
nope. just polished up my louisville slugger.
dunno bout you, but i have quite a bit of 'protester' angst that would be good to finally unload... i recall vividly being spit upon when i came home in 1972..
Hang, I too had pigs blood dumped on me while on leave and in uniform in '70. The reason I was targeted, IMO, was because of the media access to the war and the free distribution of the images and text from the reporters. We won't see the kind of free flow of information like that in any war these days. Sadly, we can't say the same about disinformation, IMO. There has been a lesson learned.
It was easy for the protesters then to latch onto some very negative images and stories from Nam and turn it into a point of debate against the war, unfortunatly for me, I represented the government and was a target of opportunity.
That hasn't blinded me to the fact that this country was born out of public protest, whether you agree or disagree with what they say should make no difference to the soldier in uniform or a vet in jeans...it's their right, we fought for it, others gave the ultimate.
To threaten to act with violence on these people over and above the threat given is not only uncalled for but if acted out, criminal.
Seriously, if you have this kind of anger built up over something that happened 30 years ago then a visit to your local VA hospital and enroling into one of theirtherapy grtoups may help...did me and I still go every 2 months or so.,