Donny's Dilemma wrote:

Hell I know Yanks speak a different version of English, but this
piece, though it may be true in every word (but I doubt it)
Is garbage, emotive garbage!!
In my very humble opinion!

It certainly had a touch of tear-jerker in it. Reading it made me feel that
the underlying message was that war really sucks. Then I got to...

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We need to remember that God created this vast and glorious world for us to
live in, freely, but also at great sacrifice. Let us never forget from the
revolutionary War to the Gulf War and all the wars in-between that sacrifice
was made for our freedom.

Remember to pray praises for this great country of ours and also pray for
those still in murderous unrest around the world. STOP and thank God for
being alive at someone else's sacrifice. God Bless.
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....and got the impression that it's about one country's freedom, regardless
of the expense, either to its own, or to anyone that gets in the way. Yes,
it's an appeal to emotion which seeks to instill patriotic feelings.
Moreover, by highlighting the fact that several thousand boys were
sacrificed in that battle, it sets a benchmark of implied expectation of the
sort of sacrifice that others might be expected to endure.


(Oops! I don't do politics!)


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