On Wed, 4 May 2005 16:25:43 -0400, "JimH" wrote:


"NOYB" wrote in message
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"JimH" wrote in message
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To the 4 students killed at Kent State on May 4, 1970, may you continue
to rest in peace.

http://kent.state.tripod.com/

Peace? If they were acting peacefully, they wouldn't have been shot. How
many students who stayed in their rooms studying were shot that day?
Hmmmmmmmmmmm?



Just out of curiosity....how old were you when the event happened?


I was 26. I'd been back from Vietnam for a little over 4 months. At the time, my
sympathies were with the National Guard. Now I see it as a tragic event, but it
took a lot of time for that to happen.
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

"John H" wrote in message
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On Wed, 4 May 2005 16:25:43 -0400, "JimH" wrote:


"NOYB" wrote in message
hlink.net...

"JimH" wrote in message
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To the 4 students killed at Kent State on May 4, 1970, may you continue
to rest in peace.

http://kent.state.tripod.com/

Peace? If they were acting peacefully, they wouldn't have been shot.
How
many students who stayed in their rooms studying were shot that day?
Hmmmmmmmmmmm?



Just out of curiosity....how old were you when the event happened?


I was 26. I'd been back from Vietnam for a little over 4 months. At the
time, my
sympathies were with the National Guard. Now I see it as a tragic event,
but it
took a lot of time for that to happen.
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

I think most folks now feel the same way John. The problem is that most
folks, at the time, did not. And many were vocal in their beliefs.

I can understand how that made you and the other Vets returning felt. I am
ashamed of the way you were treated though.

You, and all the returning military, should have been honored and respected.

It was not your war. I was not your decision to go to war.

You were only following commands.

I respect you and thank you for your service Sir.

On Wed, 4 May 2005 19:59:27 -0400, "JimH" wrote:


"John H" wrote in message
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On Wed, 4 May 2005 16:25:43 -0400, "JimH" wrote:


"NOYB" wrote in message
thlink.net...

"JimH" wrote in message
...
To the 4 students killed at Kent State on May 4, 1970, may you continue
to rest in peace.

http://kent.state.tripod.com/

Peace? If they were acting peacefully, they wouldn't have been shot.
How
many students who stayed in their rooms studying were shot that day?
Hmmmmmmmmmmm?



Just out of curiosity....how old were you when the event happened?


I was 26. I'd been back from Vietnam for a little over 4 months. At the
time, my
sympathies were with the National Guard. Now I see it as a tragic event,
but it
took a lot of time for that to happen.
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

I think most folks now feel the same way John. The problem is that most
folks, at the time, did not. And many were vocal in their beliefs.

I can understand how that made you and the other Vets returning felt. I am
ashamed of the way you were treated though.

You, and all the returning military, should have been honored and respected.

It was not your war. I was not your decision to go to war.

You were only following commands.

I respect you and thank you for your service Sir.


You're most welcome. Thanks for the kind words.
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."