<div dir="ltr">Give it a rest.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 9:40 AM, Wayne Price <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bear@moscow.com" target="_blank">bear@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">STRONGLY advise you to wish in one hand, and............................ well, you know the rest.<div>
<br></div><div><br></div><div>With all the due respect you deserve,</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Wayne</div><div><div class="h5"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Aug 31, 2013, at 3:22 AM, Tom Hansen wrote:</div>
<br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="auto"><div><div>Although I have recently been scolded for what has been interpreted and perceived to be a lack of maturity on my part, I stepped forward and apologized, both publicly and privately, to those affected. After all, to do less would (and should) be considered a lack of mature responsibility.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Subsequently, my feet have been put to the proverbial fire here on the Viz by certain members who place themselves on the moral highground.</div><div><br></div><div>Yet, as reflected in the public exchange below, I have been referred to as "racist" by Wayne Price, based on nothing more than his wrongful characterization of an article I posted.</div>
<div><br></div><div>No apology from Mr. Price. No retraction. </div><div><br></div><div>Accountability and mature responsibility are fates all of us must bear, not just those to whom some of us hold a degree of animosity.</div>
<div><br></div><div>As such, Mr. Price should account for his insulting comment. Yet, given the character of those who placed themseves on the previously mentioned moral highground, none is expected.</div><br><div>Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</div>
<div><br></div><div>"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</div><div><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/" target="_blank">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></div><div> </div><div><div>Tom Hansen</div>
<div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"<span style="font-size:medium">There's room at the top they are telling you still</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span></div><span style="font-size:medium">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill </span><br style="font-size:medium">
<span style="font-size:medium">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><font size="3"><span><br></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span>- John Lennon<br></span></font><div> </div></div><div>
<br></div></div><div><br>On Aug 28, 2013, at 2:04 PM, Tom Hansen <<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>No, Mr. Price. </div>
<div><br></div><div>That is not racist. The humor was aimed directly at former Army Major Nidal Hasan, the killer of 13 American soldiers and one unborn child at Fort Hood, Texas, who was sentenced to death a mere few hours ago.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Howver, you are entitled to your opinion, as shallow as it is.</div><div><br></div><div><div>Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</div><div><br></div><div>"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</div>
<div><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/" target="_blank">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></div><div> </div><div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"<span style="font-size:medium">There's room at the top they are telling you still</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span></div>
<span style="font-size:medium">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill </span><br style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-size:medium">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><font size="3"><span><br>
</span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span>- John Lennon<br></span></font><div> </div></div><div><br></div></div><div><br>On Aug 28, 2013, at 1:50 PM, Wayne Price <<a href="mailto:bear@moscow.com" target="_blank">bear@moscow.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>And that's not racist?<div><br></div><div>Tom, there are only two things wrong with you - your face!<br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Aug 28, 2013, at 1:41 PM, Tom Hansen wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="auto"><div>Courtesy of the Duffel Blog at:</div><div><br></div><div>
<span style="font-size:15px;line-height:19px;white-space:nowrap"><a href="http://www.duffelblog.com/2013/08/nidal-hasan-granted-terminal-leave/" target="_blank">http://www.duffelblog.com/2013/08/nidal-hasan-granted-terminal-leave/</a></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.duffelblog.com/2013/08/nidal-hasan-granted-terminal-leave/" rel="bookmark" style="color:rgb(26,26,26);text-decoration:none!important" target="_blank">Nidal Hasan Granted Terminal Leave</a></h1><div><br>
</div><div style="text-align:-webkit-auto;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:22px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px"><span><AP_nidal_hasan_jef_130806_16x9_992.jpg></span></div>
<div style="text-align:-webkit-auto;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:22px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">FORT HOOD, TX — A military jury has granted Army Maj. Nidal Hasan terminal leave today, sparking consternation throughout the military.</span></div>
<div style="text-align:-webkit-auto;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:22px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">The decision fanned flames sparked by recent revelations that he was continuing to receive full pay and benefits while on trial for an act of workplace violence that left 13 dead and wounded more than 30 others. Witnesses reported that Hasan shouted “Allahu Akbar” — Arabic for “I am dissatisfied with my working conditions” — during the attack.</span></div>
<div style="text-align:-webkit-auto;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:22px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">By granting him terminal leave, the Army will transfer him from active duty to the “involuntary reserve, dead” list. He will be required to undergo a final physical, including a single vaccination through an IV.</span></div>
<div style="text-align:-webkit-auto;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:22px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">His pay and benefits, including respiration and cardiac function, will be stopped.</span></div>
<div style="text-align:-webkit-auto;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:22px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">At press time, many observers were upset that he had not received a harsher sentence.</span></div>
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<div><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/" target="_blank">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></div><div> </div><div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"<span style="font-size:medium">There's room at the top they are telling you still</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span></div>
<span style="font-size:medium">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill </span><br style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-size:medium">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><font size="3"><span><br>
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