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John H
 
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On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 22:59:05 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

How do you know, with 100% accuracy, that he did NOT witness the things he
claimed? After all, there was the My Lai incident, right? Or, like people
who deny that the holocaust happened, do you not believe the reports of THAT
atrocity?

"John Smith" wrote in message
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Doug,
You are correct, but Kerry should have know better, since he was a Viet

Nam
vet. While there were a few loose cannons over there, the vast majority
were kids scared ****less, who wanted to come with everything attached.

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"John Smith" wrote in message
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Bill,
I did not know Kerry accused the soldiers of raping, stealing and

killing
innocent soldiers. I don't agree with Kerry, but I thought he was

smarter
than that.

I think it's safe to say that due to tensions and emotions running high,
quite a few people made blanket judgements of certain groups in the late
1960s and early 1970s, like soldiers and cops. There's no reason to

think
Kerry was different from everyone else in this regard. I know *I* had

some
unsavory things to say about the police after witnessing what the

Chicago
cops did in 1968. But, at the same time, my own interactions with them

were
nothing but good, even though I had VERY long hair and looked like

someone
the cops enjoyed beating on.

Footnote:
My WORST experience was when I was pulled over by a NY State trooper for
doing 90 in a 55 zone in my screaming yellow 1970 Cougar. For some

reason,
he didn't ticket me. But, he harrassed me mercilessly for having an
automatic instead of a Hurst shifter. My BEST experience was while
hitchhiking from Syracuse to the Canadian border. Trooper pulled over. I
said "If this is how my trip's beginning, I'll just walk". I turned

around
to get off the entrance ramp. He said "I'm offering you a ride". He

asked
if
I had any drugs on me. I said no. He said "OK"....get in. I asked him

how
fast the car would go before feeling shaky. He showed me. We completed a

100
mile trip in about an hour and three minutes. Great fun. Turned out we

had
the same philosophy professor - he was in night school. Discussed Sartre

for
most of the trip. So much for stereotypes.


Doug, if you witness a murder, are you not going to report it? He was an
officer! If he witnessed war crimes, he had two courses of action to take: stop
them and report them so appropriate action could be taken.

John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!