outlaw3179
08-04-05, 02:39 PM
I just got an email from a buddy of mine who lives in Minnesota. He just attended the funeral for a Marine who was killed in Iraq. After the funeral there were some protestors. AT THE FUNERAL!!!!!!!! Thats complete bul***** !
I dont care if you are for or against the war . You dont disrespect the Marine or his family .
Im all for freedom of speech and the right to be happy . but dont disrespect the defenders of your freedom.
The following is the actual email he sent me
Thank you
Semper Fi
" I wanted to share with all of you what I saw today that absolutely blew my mind. This morning I went to a Memorial Service for a guy that I played one year of Jr. Hockey with. He is a Marine and was killed at the end of July while serving over in Iraq. When is wife spoke she said that he had saved the lives of six other Marine’s so they would be able to go home and see their families. To listen to her speak you could feel how proud she was of him, even though she lost him in a physical sense. Now like I said before I played one year of hockey with him back when I was 19 years old, and I hadn’t spoke to him sense, but what I saw outside of the church absolutely made me furious. I can’t imagine what his close friends and family must have thought…….. When we were walking up to the church one of the guys in the group who I just met said “you guys got my back if I go over there?” I had no idea what he was talking about until I looked up and saw a line of police cars with there lights flashing. On the side walk there were protesters. I saw signs that read “FAG (yellow ribbon between the words) TAG”, “GOD BLEW YOU UP”, AND “YOUR GOING TO HELL”. I just stood there in disbelief at what I was seeing. These nut cases had no dignity or respect. If they wanted to show there objection to the war there are many other places to hold a protest with out spitting in the face of a friends and family that are there to show respect to a person who has passed away. Go to the State Capital!!! What makes our country great is we can feel and express what we want. There are many people in this country that feel our country should not be over there, and this email my end up with some of those people with that belief. That is why it is great. My father served in a war and I know people who have gone over to Iraq, as will most of you, and served for MY FREEDOM. Thank you for letting me get this off my chest……
Matthew Hughes
Account Executive
I dont care if you are for or against the war . You dont disrespect the Marine or his family .
Im all for freedom of speech and the right to be happy . but dont disrespect the defenders of your freedom.
The following is the actual email he sent me
Thank you
Semper Fi
" I wanted to share with all of you what I saw today that absolutely blew my mind. This morning I went to a Memorial Service for a guy that I played one year of Jr. Hockey with. He is a Marine and was killed at the end of July while serving over in Iraq. When is wife spoke she said that he had saved the lives of six other Marine’s so they would be able to go home and see their families. To listen to her speak you could feel how proud she was of him, even though she lost him in a physical sense. Now like I said before I played one year of hockey with him back when I was 19 years old, and I hadn’t spoke to him sense, but what I saw outside of the church absolutely made me furious. I can’t imagine what his close friends and family must have thought…….. When we were walking up to the church one of the guys in the group who I just met said “you guys got my back if I go over there?” I had no idea what he was talking about until I looked up and saw a line of police cars with there lights flashing. On the side walk there were protesters. I saw signs that read “FAG (yellow ribbon between the words) TAG”, “GOD BLEW YOU UP”, AND “YOUR GOING TO HELL”. I just stood there in disbelief at what I was seeing. These nut cases had no dignity or respect. If they wanted to show there objection to the war there are many other places to hold a protest with out spitting in the face of a friends and family that are there to show respect to a person who has passed away. Go to the State Capital!!! What makes our country great is we can feel and express what we want. There are many people in this country that feel our country should not be over there, and this email my end up with some of those people with that belief. That is why it is great. My father served in a war and I know people who have gone over to Iraq, as will most of you, and served for MY FREEDOM. Thank you for letting me get this off my chest……
Matthew Hughes
Account Executive