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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 06:49 AM
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As a result of the desecration of the Crawford crosses, I am this close...
...to begging Cindy Sheehan and the Crawford Peace House to let me patrol the Arlington West crosses with an AK-47 in my hands.

I know they're only planks of wood and strips of colored fabric, true, but for families across America, they represent family and loved ones, and the sum total of what our nation and our families have lost.

My heart is sick and sad at the news of this desecration. My wife is in tears. She's saying, "We're supposed to be better than this."

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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 06:53 AM
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1. No! Bad Idea, guns have no place at a peaceful protest.
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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 06:55 AM
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3. I know...
It's strictly a gut reaction of mine. This was truly a blasphemous act.

Did anyone hear if they caught the guy?
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 07:00 AM
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8. Yes, the bottom of his truck had crosses and ribbons stuck in it
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 07:04 AM
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9. Cindy and her supporters ARE winning, remember
First they ignore you
Then they laugh at you
Then they fight you
Then, You win.

This movement has reached step three. It's likely to get more painful before it gets to step four.
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acmejack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 06:53 AM
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2. While I fully appreciate your sentiment
Edited on Tue Aug-16-05 06:54 AM by acmejack
It would be far better to get the jerks license plate number and have him arrested. Then ensure his mug shot gets posted at the smoking gun. We're better than the military route too...

Lets go patrol the crosses with our cameras! My Nikon and I will be there (again) soon.
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Boomer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 06:56 AM
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4. According to reports....
he HAS been arrested already.
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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 06:58 AM
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6. Wish I could go out and help replant the crosses
But we can't make it out there again until Saturday at the earliest.

Stay strong, Cindy!
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 06:58 AM
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5. meeting violence with violence simply creates more
Although I understand your anger (I'm angry about it, too), bringing guns to a peace vigil is not a good idea.

Go to Crawford, and stand guard, if that's your desire, but do it peacefully. This is all about bringing an end to killing, not creating more of it. :-)
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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 07:00 AM
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7. I don't want anyone else to die
I just wanted to make other would-be vandals poop their pants. :)
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