"ShawnD2112" wrote in message ...

Nicely lowered tone, Doug. But you still didn't answer the question.
Having someone in and losing someone to the cause are two different things.

Shawn

So, does that mean that only people who've lost someone they love are
entitled to speak their mind?

Is it enough if it's just a good buddy they lose, or does it have to
be a first-order blood relative?

Do parents who lose an only child get more "opinion credits" than a
big Irish Catholic family with four sons?

A great quote from an old Abraham Lincoln campaign speech, when he was
still a congressman:

"By the way, Mr. Speaker, did you know I am a military hero? Yes sir;
in the days of the Black Hawk war, I fought, bled, and came away.
Speaking of General Cass' career reminds me of my own. I was not at
Stillman's defeat, but I was about as near it, as Cass was to Hull's
surrender; and like him, I saw the place very soon afterwards... If
Gen. Cass went in advance of me in picking huckleberries, I guess I
surpassed him in charges upon the wild onions. If he saw any live
fighting Indians, it was more than I did; but I had a good many bloody
struggles with the mosquitoes; and although I never fainted from loss
of blood, I can truly say I was often very hungry."

Cheers,
-cwk.