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Old 11-17-2007, 02:35 AM
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Default Re: New England town divided over yellow ribbons

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Originally Posted by foundit66 View Post
As long as people blindly associate "war dissent" with "not supporting the troops", it lends validity to the complaints against the yellow ribbons.
If people on both sides of the issue would separate the issue of "supporting the troops" and "opinion of the war", it would remove the validity of the complaint.
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Originally Posted by tristanrobin View Post
exactly spot on target!!!

I think the whole fuss is stupid - and I don't mind the ribbons. But your observance is - unquestionably - valid.
I don't think it's valid at all...

In fact, this reminds me of Tipper Gore and the PMRC telling people what certain lyrics mean instead of letting people decide for themselves...

Frowny McSpoiledsport is doing the same thing the PMRC did...

"I'm here to protect you from that which I find bad...I am your thought police"...
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