"anon" wrote in message
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"Juan Jimenez" wrote in message
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LOL! You think that's respect? grin Ever wonder what people say about
you behind your back?

Do I wonder what people say about me behind my back?
Not to any great extent. I'm truthful and sincere...

Those that are close to me are in the best position to evaluate my
character based on my words and actions. To those that are not well
positioned to evaluate my character, I don't go out of my way to shape to
their opinions. Over time, most folks will figure it out.

That we have in common. Most folks who know me have already figured me out.

You are probably a good husband, father, and neighbor. Unfortunately,
something consistently gets lost in translation when you speak to an
Internet audience.

Dangerous to make assumptions. I have been online since before most people
knew what a modem was. This usenet newsgroups contains an infinitesimal
fraction of my total participation on the Internet, before that on places
like the GEnie info service where I was a sysop and responsible for
maintenance of their Aladdin front end, and before that on Fido BBS'.

Maybe, things that are intended to entertain or educate, come off as
boastful or arrogant - or even beg belief. If that is the case, you have
to ask yourself why you are so misunderstood by so many people.

So many? Kiddo, there are many 12 people here who think they "understand"
me. They keep trying to put me down, and don't realize that it is I who is
using them as entertainment. I've tried to repeat this many times, but it
seems to go in one ear and out the other -- I don't CARE what any of the
rahgagglers think about me or the things I've done, or the things they think
I haven't done. This is nothing but entertainment. It is literally how I
describe it -- yank the chain, watch the puppets dance.

Is there a slight language barrier jet lag? I don't know, I'm giving you
the benefit of the doubt that you aren't as big an asshole as many of us
perceive.

Alright. If that is the case I may do the same for you. But not while you
continue to hide behind an anonymous posting name.

You enter into dangerous territory when a recantation of your achievements
are expressed in terms of sacrifice, risk, the preservation of life. If
viewed as a boast in any way, the reader immediately thinks of those that
sacrificed more, risked more, and saved more lives, without any boasts.

You're ignoring the beginning of the thread and the reason I posted that
small story. Go back and read it again.

I guess if joe-blow were to tell the same story as you did, we would be a
little more passive. You were a Marine. We expect more of Marines.

And you got much more. But you see, I don't need anyone to validate that for
me. I know what I did. That mom and that kid was just one day in a four year
career. It just happens to be something I'm proud of because it was lives
saved, rather than taken.




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