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TheCowsCameHome

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11. I agree. The same if was the mayor or a CEO or someone with a title.
Fri Jul 20, 2012, 12:48 PM
Jul 2012

The guy that works down at the auto parts store doesn't count.

I don't understand it either.

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No shit from me. Every person in that theater matters equally. I come from a military family and LiberalLoner Jul 2012 #1
It beats how the Nam vets were treated for too long. turtlerescue1 Jul 2012 #44
Funny but I was a Viet Nam Vet and I never got spit on. zeemike Jul 2012 #50
Ask PinBoyNiner some time about his experience coming home LiberalLoner Jul 2012 #56
Well ask PinBoy to ask me about some of my experiences with VT vets coming home. zeemike Jul 2012 #61
You said: "Funny but I was a Viet Nam Vet and I never got spit on. vietnam_war_vet Jul 2012 #58
Don't worry I have heard the stories too zeemike Jul 2012 #60
For what its worth turtlerescue1 Jul 2012 #64
there is no shame in duty done...none at all. zeemike Jul 2012 #66
I had the exact same reaction. DURHAM D Jul 2012 #2
Profiles of all the vicitms will be grist for the mill. Loudly Jul 2012 #3
Hint: Teachers and social workers don't risk their lives. Indydem Jul 2012 #4
I have to ask right now if you've ever served. arbusto_baboso Jul 2012 #7
Who said they wouldn't? Indydem Jul 2012 #12
I don't happen to think you HAVE a point. arbusto_baboso Jul 2012 #16
I know a couple of social workers. If you think they don't risk their lives to help America TalkingDog Jul 2012 #28
+1000 GreenPartyVoter Jul 2012 #41
+ 1 LiberalLoner Jul 2012 #57
Thank you. The public has NO idea what we see on a daily basis. MichiganVote Jul 2012 #68
Excuse me! gopiscrap Jul 2012 #9
Here, here! arbusto_baboso Jul 2012 #13
Thank you gopiscrap Jul 2012 #19
Is that a part of your job description? Indydem Jul 2012 #18
You're still putting military personnel at a level above everyone else. arbusto_baboso Jul 2012 #22
If you don't place more value on them, Indydem Jul 2012 #25
And you have NO CLUE about how soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines think. arbusto_baboso Jul 2012 #26
Wow... that was a righteous smack-down fascisthunter Jul 2012 #52
The "sacrifice" has moved to the homeland brother or have you missed the last 12 years? MichiganVote Jul 2012 #71
My Dad, a Navy vet with a degree in counseling and married to my mother the teacher, GreenPartyVoter Jul 2012 #42
Yes. It is an assumed risk. You are taught that you will go into dangerous situations and how to TalkingDog Jul 2012 #31
This Social Worker RobinA Jul 2012 #38
Perhaps you should do some research about assults on teachers and social workers Angry Dragon Jul 2012 #55
Police officers, firefighters, emt's... it is weird no other professions are noted. Just soldiers riderinthestorm Jul 2012 #20
A-fucking-men to that. MichiganVote Jul 2012 #69
Hint: There's no draft -- today it's a voluntary military. Arugula Latte Jul 2012 #14
And thus the irony. Indydem Jul 2012 #23
We get the irony, but your initial reply really does sound condescending GreenPartyVoter Jul 2012 #43
No? Teachers have risked their lives and died for others, even in the classroom. 1monster Jul 2012 #33
Actually, some of the teachers in LA get wounded in the course of their duty. JDPriestly Jul 2012 #46
I don't know. In some schools . . . tclambert Jul 2012 #47
In ALL schools. Shooters know NO boundaries. MichiganVote Jul 2012 #70
teachers don't risk their lives? google that one icarusxat Jul 2012 #48
you don't know much about teachers and social workers. HiPointDem Jul 2012 #63
The fuck we don't. EVERY day I walk into schools anticipating the shooter. EVERY single day pal. MichiganVote Jul 2012 #67
No, it doesn't. aquart Jul 2012 #5
My guess is there is probably some type of formal incident reporting process... targetpractice Jul 2012 #6
It's simpler than that. Robb Jul 2012 #15
Yes it is a value statement gopiscrap Jul 2012 #21
Yeah. I saw that. earthside Jul 2012 #8
Just what I said! gopiscrap Jul 2012 #10
I agree. The same if was the mayor or a CEO or someone with a title. TheCowsCameHome Jul 2012 #11
As I said upthread, does YOUR personal ID say what you do for a living? Robb Jul 2012 #17
All public school teachers and state social workers gopiscrap Jul 2012 #24
Well, yeah, sort of. It doesn't say so on my driver's license, but I do carry my school district ID 1monster Jul 2012 #35
It's the irony; presumably making it through a theater of war only to come home and be shot at a hedgehog Jul 2012 #27
Yep. Wait Wut Jul 2012 #32
It's a very old phenomenon - a bunch of Union soldiers made it through Andersonville hedgehog Jul 2012 #45
No, it shows where YOUR priorities are. Tejas Jul 2012 #29
The irony: ProSense Jul 2012 #30
Actually, they can and often do carry under local laws.... PavePusher Jul 2012 #37
Which ProSense Jul 2012 #39
I think it was of interest due to the randr Jul 2012 #34
Military people generally carry an ID that indicates the miltary affiliation. PavePusher Jul 2012 #36
They also made a point that some were children 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #40
Wow... no shit. Excellent point! (nt) fascisthunter Jul 2012 #49
I think they're going for the irony. tclambert Jul 2012 #51
Exactly what I was about to post. The irony is painful. Siwsan Jul 2012 #54
I ask similar questions. Jamaal510 Jul 2012 #53
Propaganda. Those same three service members begging on a street corner, or dying in an alley... DCKit Jul 2012 #59
Or children.... kurtzapril4 Jul 2012 #62
every single person is equally important~ Bluerthanblue Jul 2012 #65
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