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I disagree with some of the commentary by Slowmover. I am dismayed that a lot of our military and it's veterans are more or less compared to street thugs. All people who served in the military are a cut above most of the civilians. We/they give up years of our lives to keep the United States safe from aggression regardless of the origin of the threat. I was personally treated like criminal because of my service. Released from active duty in 1974 with an HONORABLE DISCHARGE the economy was in the toilet, and even companies that were doing Govt' contracts would not touch veterans from that era thanks to the Mi Lai massacre. Even though I never set foot on Viet Namese soil I had to deal with that baggage. I never carried a weapon except while on watch and never fired it. I was hot stuff in the technical field and my primary weapons were the PSM-4 and the Simpson 260.
While I disagree with what was said, I did defend the right for them to say it.
Free speech does not guarantee a sympathetic audience and it is not free. It is paid for with lives and blood.

<blockquote data-quote="Tallman" data-source="post: 667299" data-attributes="member: 32129">I disagree with some of the commentary by Slowmover.&nbsp; I am dismayed that a lot of our military and it&#039;s veterans are more or less compared to street thugs. All people who served in the military are a cut above most of the civilians. We/they give up years of our lives to keep the United States safe from aggression regardless of the origin of the threat. I was personally treated like criminal because of my service. Released from active duty in 1974 with an HONORABLE DISCHARGE the economy was in the toilet, and even companies that were doing Govt&#039; contracts would not touch veterans from that era thanks to the Mi Lai massacre. Even though I never set foot on Viet Namese soil I had to deal with that baggage. I never carried a weapon except while on watch and never fired it. I was hot stuff in the technical field and my primary weapons were the PSM-4 and the Simpson 260.While I disagree with what was said, I did defend the right for them to say it.Free speech does not guarantee a sympathetic audience and it is not free. It is paid for with lives and blood.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tallman, post: 667299, member: 32129"] I disagree with some of the commentary by Slowmover. I am dismayed that a lot of our military and it's veterans are more or less compared to street thugs. All people who served in the military are a cut above most of the civilians. We/they give up years of our lives to keep the United States safe from aggression regardless of the origin of the threat. I was personally treated like criminal because of my service. Released from active duty in 1974 with an HONORABLE DISCHARGE the economy was in the toilet, and even companies that were doing Govt' contracts would not touch veterans from that era thanks to the Mi Lai massacre. Even though I never set foot on Viet Namese soil I had to deal with that baggage. I never carried a weapon except while on watch and never fired it. I was hot stuff in the technical field and my primary weapons were the PSM-4 and the Simpson 260. While I disagree with what was said, I did defend the right for them to say it. Free speech does not guarantee a sympathetic audience and it is not free. It is paid for with lives and blood. [/QUOTE]

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