Comments on: Are The People Killed And Wounded At Fort Hood Heroes ? http://belowthebeltway.com/2009/11/11/are-the-people-killed-and-wounded-at-fort-hood-heroes/ I believe in the free speech that liberals used to believe in, the economic freedom that conservatives used to believe in, and the personal freedom that America used to believe in. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:47:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Rock http://belowthebeltway.com/2009/11/11/are-the-people-killed-and-wounded-at-fort-hood-heroes/comment-page-1/#comment-360616 Rock Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:30:04 +0000 http://belowthebeltway.com/?p=23607#comment-360616 “Just like not every smart child is a genius, not every solider is a hero” . . . proclaim the summer soldiers and sunshine patriots. Try telling the parents and relatives of the dead soldiers at FT. Hood that their sons and daughters aren’t heroes and I suspect that you’ll receive a few large lumps on your noggin. At least we should wait until flowers cover their graves and the tears dry up before we break the news to their parents. Mr. Joyner should know better unless he is ashamed of his own service in the US Army. But I don’t think he is. Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it. - Thomas Paine, The American Crisis, No. 4, September 11, 1777 “Just like not every smart child is a genius, not every solider is a hero” . . . proclaim the summer soldiers and sunshine patriots.

Try telling the parents and relatives of the dead soldiers at FT. Hood that their sons and daughters aren’t heroes and I suspect that you’ll receive a few large lumps on your noggin. At least we should wait until flowers cover their graves and the tears dry up before we break the news to their parents. Mr. Joyner should know better unless he is ashamed of his own service in the US Army. But I don’t think he is.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it. – Thomas Paine, The American Crisis, No. 4, September 11, 1777

]]> By: tfr http://belowthebeltway.com/2009/11/11/are-the-people-killed-and-wounded-at-fort-hood-heroes/comment-page-1/#comment-360536 tfr Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:18:09 +0000 http://belowthebeltway.com/?p=23607#comment-360536 I don't even like the word "tragedy" for these events. It somewhat implies that it was accidental or just a quirk of fate. I prefer "atrocity". I don’t even like the word “tragedy” for these events. It somewhat implies that it was accidental or just a quirk of fate.
I prefer “atrocity”.

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