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Apr. 6th, 2003 12:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sethrakI've been wading through a lot of spam tonight. Some of which came from my own godmother.... ::shakes her head:: I love Aunt Jan, but she has an overtendency to send 'cute' jpgs and forwarded emails to _everyone_ on her list. Several times a day. And not send any emails of substantive content.
Normally this is annoying.
However, I just opened a gem. I'm sufficiently pacifistic that I wish we hadn't gone to war with Iraq, yet sufficiently aware of the situation that I realize we had no choice. This email should really appeal to those of you who're pro-war.
> You're going to love this one:
>
> To nobody's surprise there were protesters today in DC, they >attempted to disrupt the metro system and block the Key Bridge, a >leading artery into DC from Northern Virginia. I got hosed twice >because I come in from NoVA on the metro and it is raining hard which >makes traffic worse any way. My commute was long and arduous and only >caused further resentment for protesters (but that isn't the point of >this thread).
> Anyway, I'll get to the point.
>
> I got off the train in Rosslyn because I had to use the bathroom >and the train was moving quite slowly. When I was getting back on the >train, there were protesters on the train platform handing out >pamphlets on the evils of America. I politely declined to take one.
>
>An elderly woman was behind me getting off the escalator and a young
>(20ish) female protester offered her a pamphlet, which she politely >declined. The young protester put her hand on the old woman's >shoulder as a gesture of friendship and in a very soft voice >said, "Ma'am, don't you care about the children of Iraq?"
>
> The old woman looked up at her and said, "Honey, my first husband >died in France during World War II so you could have the right to >stand here and bad mouth your country. And if you touch me again, >I'll stick this umbrella up your ass and open it."
>
> I'm glad to report that loud applause broke out among the onlookers >and the young protester was at a total loss for words.
>
Normally this is annoying.
However, I just opened a gem. I'm sufficiently pacifistic that I wish we hadn't gone to war with Iraq, yet sufficiently aware of the situation that I realize we had no choice. This email should really appeal to those of you who're pro-war.
> You're going to love this one:
>
> To nobody's surprise there were protesters today in DC, they >attempted to disrupt the metro system and block the Key Bridge, a >leading artery into DC from Northern Virginia. I got hosed twice >because I come in from NoVA on the metro and it is raining hard which >makes traffic worse any way. My commute was long and arduous and only >caused further resentment for protesters (but that isn't the point of >this thread).
> Anyway, I'll get to the point.
>
> I got off the train in Rosslyn because I had to use the bathroom >and the train was moving quite slowly. When I was getting back on the >train, there were protesters on the train platform handing out >pamphlets on the evils of America. I politely declined to take one.
>
>An elderly woman was behind me getting off the escalator and a young
>(20ish) female protester offered her a pamphlet, which she politely >declined. The young protester put her hand on the old woman's >shoulder as a gesture of friendship and in a very soft voice >said, "Ma'am, don't you care about the children of Iraq?"
>
> The old woman looked up at her and said, "Honey, my first husband >died in France during World War II so you could have the right to >stand here and bad mouth your country. And if you touch me again, >I'll stick this umbrella up your ass and open it."
>
> I'm glad to report that loud applause broke out among the onlookers >and the young protester was at a total loss for words.
>
