On Sat, 1 Nov 2003 14:20:52 -0800, "jps" wrote:

"JohnH" wrote in message
.. .

Yes, I was there. Yes, I was wounded. Yes, I was awarded a Purple Heart.
No, not
baseless rhetoric.

So, what you're saying is that your Purple Heart was based on stupidity or
coincidence so everyone else's must've been too.

A Purple Heart is based on only one thing: being wounded in action while serving
as a member of the U.S. Armed Services.

So all one can reliably conclude is that the recipient of a Purple Heart served
on active duty, saw some sort of action and was wounded.

I don't think it takes a genius to agree that a serviceperson (awkward inclusive
language!) can get wounded as severely while doing something smart and brave as
they can doing something stupid and not-so-brave. Either situation meets the
criteria for the Purple Heart.

Joe Parsons



Do you pick candidates without knowing what they propose to do? Is it
based on
who has the "best" anti-Bush rhetoric?

Bush was chosen based on his anti Clinton rhetoric. Why shouldn't the dems
do the same thing?