So I was at the protest this past weekend...

[Titan]

Originally posted by Coredweller
How in the hell is it selfish to give up weeks and months of your life for a cause like this, live on the side of a road in Crawford Texas, endure the ignorant hatred of war lovers, and get yourself arrested to bring attention to the situation?  That sounds like the opposite of selfish to me.

If your child died fighting in an unnecessary war that was started to enrich a bunch of defense contractors and energy companies, you might think about protesting that war in an effort to prevent the same thing from happening to other people.  Is that so difficult to understand?

She is selfish because she was against the war from teh start and probably voiced it. Instead, she\'s using her sons death as an excuse to speak her bullshit which is infact hurting our troop\'s morale and strengthening the enemies.

What proof do you have that we are at war for contractor\'s gains? Your sources? (and I mean reputable sources, no left wing website)

Her son joined of his own free will. He went in knowing full well he may get killed in combat. He did his duty for his country so I salute him for that. Instead of talking shit about the war her son died in, she should honor his sacrifice.

[Titan]

Originally posted by Jumpman
This guy is owning protesting the right way too.

What happened to that guy anyway? I can never find out what happened to him.

[GmanJoe]

Originally posted by Titan
What happened to that guy anyway? I can never find out what happened to him.

Shipped to the US as "dumpling surprise".

[videoholic]

Originally posted by Titan
What happened to that guy anyway? I can never find out what happened to him.

Wasn\'t that william hung?

why do they let anime voice actors sing in concerts? it\'s a warcrime I tell you!

Sheehan is pretty selfish if you ask me. She is using the death of her son to become famous, its a bs excuse. There are plenty of other anti war parents out there who lost their sons or daughters, but most of them have enough respect not to turn it into a national spectacle.

exactly, she was responsible for her child

think she\'d be protesting if her son wasn\'t unfortunately killed in combat (which he signed up for)?

she\'s a coward

[GmanJoe]

She should respect his decision to join the military and the risks involved. Perhaps she told him to join so he could get the GI Bill? Then she has herself  to blame .

I\'ll camp in front of her jail cell and protest. Plenty of women there.

[Titan]

Heh, I finally read the thing that mm posted. I\'d divorce her ass too.

I think Sheehan has become a figurehead, a scapegoat for those in defense of the war to attack...much like Bush has become for those against the war.

While I think you are entitled to your opinion as to if she is using her son to become "famous," I don\'t think you\'ll ever know for sure. You don\'t have a son/daughter serving in the military who died so you have know way of comprehending what emotions she\'s feeling.

Also, as far as her failing as a parent...? Come on. She believed in her son and let him do what he really wanted to do. If you really wanted to be an astronaut mm, but your mommy thought it was dangerous -  all that going to the moon stuff - would it be a good parental decision for her to PROHIBIT you from being an astronaut (and instead resort to a life of Internet-hermitude)?

Protests changed the political perspective of Vietnam guys, remember that.

While I don\'t fully support Sheehan\'s actions (especially her arrest in D.C. at a PEACE demonstration) I do feel she represents a growing (more conservative) portion of the population who have military within their families and want them home.

Originally posted by mm
don\'t all those people have jobs/lives?

It was on the weekend. People don\'t have jobs on the weekend.

guess they didnt have lives then

most not have been anything good on TV
/shrug

and did Ghettomath compare an astronaut to a soldier?
:omg:

[Evi]

It was on the weekend. People don\'t have jobs on the weekend.

WTF are you talking about?!?

Originally posted by Titan
What happened to that guy anyway? I can never find out what happened to him.

I think they shot him and dragged his body away and continued

[GmanJoe]

Originally posted by Ghettomath

While I don\'t fully support Sheehan\'s actions (especially her arrest in D.C. at a PEACE demonstration) I do feel she represents a growing (more conservative) portion of the population who have military within their families and want them home.

She was arrested for doing something illegal. They were supposed to get their asses moving, as they had agreed to but they decided to do a sit down protest so they could purposely get arrested. It\'s all a media stunt.