[SOC] You may be a Taliban if...

Tue Jul 20 22:10:07 EDT 2010

Well said!

Spencer G. Sholly <>< SGT, USA (RET)
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> From: mwbesemer at cox.net
> To: soc at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:24:06 -0400
> Subject: Re: [SOC] You may be a Taliban if...
> 
> Amen, Curt!
> 
> I served 24 + years in the military, none of which was to protect anyone's
> right to be free from being offended. 
> 
> If you want to be offended, try spending a year away from your family. 
> 
> If you want to be offended, go play in the sandbox and sleep in a tent (or
> worse). 
> 
> If you want to be offended, try showering in a nasty shower tent in water so
> hot or so cold you can't stand it (if you get a shower at all).
> 
> If you want to be offended, send some of your best friends home in a
> body-bag.
> 
> If you're warm and happy in your home, and your pissed because somebody used
> the name of the Great Black Hope in a manner intended to produce laughter,
> then you REALLY need to reassess your life.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Mike
> WM4B
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: soc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:soc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
> Behalf Of Curt Steger
> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 8:16 PM
> To: Second Class Operators' Club
> Subject: Re: [SOC] You may be a Taliban if...
> 
> It appears that we, as a people have lost the ability to laugh at ourselves;
> as well as the ability to shrug things off we do not agree with. It is a
> shame that some folks are so full of themselves and their sensibilities that
> a single line that does NOT name anyone as being the President offends them.
> 
> If we now have to censor ourselves now by asking "who might we offend?" ;
> then why bother having any kind of conversation / discourse? I have read
> some things on this reflector that I have not agreed with, but the last
> thing I did was CRY and WHINE about being offended. I read the post, shook
> my head and moved on with life.
> 
> And for those who read this and are offended, I do not care. If you are that
> thin skinned and sensitive then lock your doors, turn off the TV and get rid
> of your Internet connection, as there is a lot of stuff in the real world
> that will most likely offend you all to easily.
> 
> If you wish to remove me from the reflector or filter emails sent by me,
> again I do not care.
> 
> 73's
> 
> Curt
> 
> On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 2:05 PM, K4GM <k4gm at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> > Well said Jim. The issue isn't what's legal but what is appropriate for
> the
> > list. It seems that religion and politics tend to strike sensitive areas
> > and
> > generally should be avoided in the interest of comraderie.
> > George K4GM
> >
> > Sent via DROID on Verizon Wireless
> >
> > -----Original message-----
> > From: Jim Talens <jtalens at verizon.net>
> > To: 'Second Class Operators' Club' <soc at mailman.qth.net>
> > Sent: Mon, Jul 19, 2010 19:17:39 GMT+00:00
> > Subject: Re: [SOC] You may be a Taliban if...
> >
> > It's smarter not to include anything political in a ham radio environment
> > for the sake of the club and the happiness of all involved, as we see.
> The
> > reflector (listserv) moderator should issue a warning occasionally to warn
> > against it. I'm a member of several other reflectors where this sort of
> > thing has happened, sometimes accidentally and sometimes with unbridled
> > specific intent. Same pattern as we see here. The reflector owner issues
> > a
> > warning and the matter fades immediately.
> >
> > Jim, N3JT
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: soc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:soc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
> > Behalf Of Tom Osborne
> > Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 2:04 PM
> > To: Second Class Operators' Club
> > Subject: Re: [SOC] You may be a Taliban if...
> >
> > Hah! That's funnier yet :-)
> >
> > Ever heard of the first amendment? We still have one--at least for a
> while
> > :-) 73
> > Tom W7WHY
> >
> >
> > THIS IS NOT FUNNY! IT IS OFFENSIVE TO THOSE OF US WHO BELIEVE IN
> PRESIDENT
> > OBAMA!
> >
> >
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