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Jefferson Cole

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Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

This US Army veteran did not serve overseas so that rich draft dodgers could get off scott  free!

I have too many friends on the Memorial wall in Washington to be indifferent.

Nov 11 20 10:07 am Link

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JustHenry

Posts: 205

Greenville, South Carolina, US

Is that a question?

Nov 11 20 11:10 am Link

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rfordphotos

Posts: 8866

Antioch, California, US

JustHenry wrote:
Is that a question?

Nope---simple statement.

Instead of getting on my case about reading comprehension---maybe you should work on yours?

Nov 11 20 11:15 am Link

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Jefferson Cole

Posts: 134

Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

The question posed to me is... "is that a question?"
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Nov 11 20 11:57 am Link

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JustHenry

Posts: 205

Greenville, South Carolina, US

Which war are we talking about?  Which draft dodgers are you referring to?

Nov 11 20 12:18 pm Link

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Jefferson Cole

Posts: 134

Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

JustHenry wrote:
Which war are we talking about?  Which draft dodgers are you referring to?

Is that a question?

Nov 11 20 12:22 pm Link

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JustHenry

Posts: 205

Greenville, South Carolina, US

Jefferson Cole wrote:

Is that a question?

The question marks would tend to indicate they are both questions.

Nov 11 20 12:31 pm Link

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rfordphotos

Posts: 8866

Antioch, California, US

JustHenry wrote:
Is that a question?

JustHenry wrote:
The question marks would tend to indicate they are both questions.

Oh--- so You CAN tell the difference. Why wasnt it clear to you the first time? That reading comprehension thing you were on me about?

Nov 11 20 01:10 pm Link

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JustHenry

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Greenville, South Carolina, US

rfordphotos wrote:

JustHenry wrote:
Is that a question?

Oh--- so You CAN tell the difference. Why wasnt it clear to you the first time? That reading comprehension thing you were on me about?

:-)  I'm glad I struck a nerve.  So why wasn't it obvious?  Well, I've got this thing called a day job and was doing a quick check in during a semi-break with about a dozen distractions from my day job so yeah I probably could have done a better job of reading that one.  However, "over seas" is generally one word not two.  On top of that I misread "this" for "the" and I saw the post was coming from outside the US so adding all that together I was making sure it was question and not a statement.

Now, with all that said, which war?  Which draft dodgers?  Please be specific.

Nov 11 20 01:47 pm Link

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Jefferson Cole

Posts: 134

Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

War? What war? I didn't write anything a about war.

And dodgers, well, the dodgers won, you know that right?

Nov 11 20 01:53 pm Link

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JustHenry

Posts: 205

Greenville, South Carolina, US

Well played, you saw the trap developing and avoided it.

Nov 11 20 02:36 pm Link

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Jefferson Cole

Posts: 134

Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

This concludes my participation here.

Nov 11 20 02:43 pm Link

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rxz

Posts: 1104

Glen Ellyn, Illinois, US

JustHenry wrote:

:-)  I'm glad I struck a nerve.  So why wasn't it obvious?  Well, I've got this thing called a day job and was doing a quick check in during a semi-break with about a dozen distractions from my day job so yeah I probably could have done a better job of reading that one.  However, "over seas" is generally one word not two.  On top of that I misread "this" for "the" and I saw the post was coming from outside the US so adding all that together I was making sure it was question and not a statement.

Now, with all that said, which war?  Which draft dodgers?  Please be specific.

Too many to list.  But for a few notables that come to mind, Marion Morrison, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump.

Nov 12 20 09:39 am Link

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JustHenry

Posts: 205

Greenville, South Carolina, US

rxz wrote:

Too many to list.  But for a few notables that come to mind, Marion Morrison, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump.

Do you have equal disdain for the liberal hippie types that fled to Canada then returned to the US after Jimmy Carter pardoned them?  Or are you only upset with the rich guys that found a way around the draft?  What about Bill Clinton?  Are you upset with his draft avoidance?

Nov 12 20 09:46 am Link