[Vision2020] Bad news reporting

[Donovan Arnold]

"I also want to provide a heads-up that nothing posted

on V2020 is safe from thieves." Ms. Lund

Ms. Lund,

Are you aware that anything posted on Vision 2020 is
public property, thus nobody can steal it?

Air, sidewalks, and material posted on Vision2020 is
free usage for anyone that can access them.

Donovan J Arnold

--- Saundra Lund <sslund at adelphia.net> wrote:

> Hi Pat,
> 
> Did you miss this part of the Web site you sent to
> V2020?
> 
> " "Gold star mothers" is a term that came into
> general use with the creation
> of the service flags used to show that a family had
> a son in the service (a
> blue star) or a son that had died in the service (a
> gold star covering the
> blue star). Mothers of slain servicemen came to be
> known as gold star
> mothers. The phrase is sometimes capitalized but
> this is incorrect because
> it is not the proper name of any organization.
> ***The phrase is generic and,
> through customary usage has come to designate any
> mother whose child has
> been lost in war***."
> http://www.goldstarmoms.com/agsm/FAQs/FAQs.htm
> [Emphasis is mine.  SL]
> 
> So . . . what exactly is your complaint?  It seems
> to me the usage is
> absolutely correct:  Cindy Sheehan lost a beloved
> child in the war, thus she
> *is* a gold star mother.  It actually seems pretty
> disrespectful to me to
> try to take issue with the *correct* labeling of her
> as a gold star mother
> -- even if you disagree with her politics, I can't
> imagine that you want to
> in any way want to trivialize or minimize her tragic
> loss.  I'm sure that's
> not your intention, so I just wanted to point out
> that's how it might sound
> to some who don't know otherwise.
> 
> BTW, Visionaries, I also want to provide a heads-up
> that nothing posted on
> V2020 is safe from thieves.  Christ Church's Dale
> Courtney continues to
> pilfer from posts here for his Hate-Log, even when
> he's been made absolutely
> aware that some of us don't want our material stolen
> and posted for his own
> twisted purposes on his Hate-Log.  Just another
> crystal clear example of his
> complete lack of respect for the wishes of those who
> don't share his views .
> . . 
> 
> 
> Saundra Lund
> Moscow, ID
> 
> The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is
> for good people to do
> nothing.
> Edmund Burke
> 
> ***** Original material contained herein is
> Copyright 2005, Saundra Lund.
> Do not copy, forward, excerpt, or reproduce outside
> the Vision 2020 forum
> without the express written permission of the
> author.*****
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com
> [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
> On Behalf Of Pat Kraut
> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 1:07 PM
> To: vision2020
> Subject: [Vision2020] Bad news reporting
> 
> The news programs are all calling Cindy Sheehan a
> 'Gold Star' mother as
> though the Gold Star mothers endorsed her
> activities.
> http://www.goldstarmoms.com/agsm/Home/index.htm
> 
> They don't! The media is misleading one more time.
> PK
> 
> 
> I can't be a Republican...I have always been
> gainfully employed!
> 
>
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