Joe Parsons wrote:

"Friendly fire" (the ultimate oxymoron) is explicitly
included in the criteria.

Where? Certainly not explicit in your post.

The only thing you posted that I read that may cover "friendly fire" is
an exclusion:

(g) Accidents, to include explosive, aircraft, vehicular, and other
accidental wounding not related to or caused by enemy action.


Rick

On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 19:37:34 GMT, Rick wrote:

Joe Parsons wrote:

"Friendly fire" (the ultimate oxymoron) is explicitly
included in the criteria.

Where? Certainly not explicit in your post.

It's in the published regulations governing the award.

I've always found it a good practice to try to find source information when I'm
involved in any sort of adversarial discussion. Happily, it's trivially easy to
find the information about the Order of the Purple Heart.

Joe Parsons

The only thing you posted that I read that may cover "friendly fire" is
an exclusion:

I did not post all the text concerning the award. Since it's so readily
available, it seemed redundant.

Guess not.

Joe Parsons

(g) Accidents, to include explosive, aircraft, vehicular, and other
accidental wounding not related to or caused by enemy action.


Rick

Joe Parsons wrote:

I did not post all the text concerning the award. Since it's so readily
available, it seemed redundant.

Guess not.

In this case you provided a list which you described as the "specific
criteria" and concluded with the statement that "Friendly fire ... is
explicitly included in the criteria" when it was singularly absent.

Just a nit really but "explicit" does mean something more than just
being one of those clever little words that set a tone. It means: fully
revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity.

Rick

On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 06:07:55 GMT, Rick wrote:

Joe Parsons wrote:

I did not post all the text concerning the award. Since it's so readily
available, it seemed redundant.

Guess not.

In this case you provided a list which you described as the "specific
criteria" and concluded with the statement that "Friendly fire ... is
explicitly included in the criteria" when it was singularly absent.

Just a nit really but "explicit" does mean something more than just
being one of those clever little words that set a tone. It means: fully
revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity.

Point taken.

Joe Parsons