On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 22:51:43 -0800, "jps" wrote:

"JohnH" wrote in message
.. .

Who are you (et al) to say that Americans aren't aware of the death and
destruction occurring in Iraq? Are you (et al) so presumptuous as to think
that
only you can appreciate the fact of a soldier getting killed or wounded
and that
other Americans must see caskets? You (et al)must hold yourself in some
sort of
elevated regard if you believe that.

It's a hell of lot different to eat packaged beef and witness the feed lots
and slaughter houses. You'd like for everyone to have a nicely packaged
product that hides the hideous realities of war.

Shame on you for signing onto this disgraceful practice of hiding the bad
news.

Doesn't surprise me.

What is the difference between televising funerals, with the next of kin
permission, or televising caskets without? Your desire that caskets be shown to
Americans, who don't understand or appreciate death, would be accomplished.
Also, the dignity and privacy of the deceased and the NOK would be protected.
Seems reasonable.

I'm not trying to hide anything. I am respecting the dignity and privacy of the
deceased and the NOK. You seem hell bent on violating that privacy - turning it
into a spectacle for your (et al) own agenda.

John
On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD