Posted by AsianPersuasion at godzilla.hood.army.mil on May 05, 2004 at 12:27:37:
In Reply to: Rall might be ... posted by rcpweiner on May 05, 2004 at 12:09:34:
You are most certainly ignorant to what I'm saying.
This is my first exposure to Ted Rall. I don't care for political cartoons. I don't read them, normally. Had it not been for Yahoo, I wouldn't know anything about this comic.
I mention freedom not because of Pat Tillman or Ted Rall. I mention freedom because it's a notion that people who have never sacrificed anything for their country cannot truly comprehend.
The comic neglects many, many things.
First and foremost, Tillman wasn't in Iraq when he was killed, he was in Afghanistan. We most certainly do have business there. Iraq, no. Afghanistan, yes.
Secondly, he belittles every soldier by glancing over them as numbers and drones, not people. I didn't join after September 11th. I joined after high school. I needed money for college and a good start in the job market. I knew if I worked in a factory that I, like everyone else in my hometown, would never go back and get the education that I deserved. I've been in the Army for over five years, now. This isn't my war, but I'll be damned if I wouldn't fight by the side of my fellow soldier.
I can tell the difference between my thoughts. To have you discredit my comprehension capability is a slap in the face. Obvious weiner slap to the face jokes aside, I think you're an idiot. The more I read from you, the more you seem the mindless construct who can't grasp anything that is foreign to him.
It's as if you're not taking the time to comprehend what you read.