Let's give a thanks to the troops!

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Final-Fan said:

TheRealMafoo said:

Final-Fan said:

TheRealMafoo said:

Final-Fan said:
So are you going to put people's names on a "Doesn't Hate the Troops" list if we post in here?

Also, "Americans (and our allies) are put in harm's way" and I respect them for it.

Yea Fan, because this thread is all about you.

Nice way to start.

Just shut the fuck up. We both know exactly why you made this thread, and you're right, it's not about me, it's about akuma587 and your belief that he hates the men and women of the armed forces.

It's a place for people to give thanks to the troops, and an opportunity for Akuma to change my view of him all at the same time.

Why would you take this attitude in this thread? Damn man. Usually it takes 2-3 pages to derail a thread. This time it took 1 post.

It infuriates me that you would use a thread SUPPOSEDLY about giving kudos to brave soldiers as a Trojan horse for your hatred* of anyone who DOESN'T give them.  That is true disrespect, and you ought to be ashamed of such a tactic.

* (or contempt? I don't want to assign the wrong emotion to your motivation but it's somewhere in that vicinity I think.)

I agree to a point.  If his motivation was simply to play "gotcha" with someone because he dislikes them then yes I agree it is a petty mockery of a serious issue.  But if his motivation was that he had an issue with that person's views on the issue of respect for soldiers specifically than it seems reasonable that he would be as infuriated by a perceived lack of respect as you are infuriated by what you view as a big "gotcha game". 

Ultimately I have no idea what he meant by it any more than he probably knows someone else's true feelings towards troops from a few posts of commentary. The thread is redundant to me for the simple fact that any person who doesn't respect the men and women who put their life on the line for their country (whichever country that is) are pretty irrelevant to me to begin with.

With that said there are no bad reasons to give credit and respect where it is due.

@Topic,

/Salute