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Subject: Re: [SUVCW] Flag Half staff for the VT shootings
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:30:38 -0500


VT stands for Virginia Tech. Why in the world would you choose to try to pick that nit?

Those kids had accomplished a great deal worth honoring. For one thing, all of them were attending college, preparing to become tomorrow's leaders. They didn't have to be there in class that day. They could have been home playing video games. They could have screwed around in high school and never gotten admitted into Virginia Tech in the first place.

Virginia Tech is a highly regarded university, not just anyone can get in. I'm sure all those kids were very intelligent, hard workers. If they weren't they wouldn't have been there. How about we honor these students for the excellent example they were to the rest of us? How about we morne the loss of so much potential for mankind?

>
> From: "Eric Peterson" <>
> Date: 2007/04/21 Sat AM 11:03:39 EST
> To: <>
> Subject: Re: [SUVCW] Flag Half staff for the VT shootings
>
> We are not honoring victims according to the President. We are mourning our
> nation's loss. What I object to is the media saying we are "honoring" the
> victims. That connotes that they did something worthy of honor or of being
> saluted. Mourning victims is an entirely different thing. The President has
> called for us to officially grieve, so my flag is at half staff. Let's
> remember that words mean things and "honor" means something far different
> than "mourn" or "grieve".
>
> Just to pick a nit, the subject line sould read "VA shootings"
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> To: <>
> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 8:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [SUVCW] Flag Half staff for the VT shootings
>
>
> > Every one of those "vicitms" was robbed of their potential to lead
> > productive
> > lives and possibly go on to do noble deeds and commit courageous acts
> > themselves. We fly the flag at half staff by order of the commander in
> > chief of our
> > great nation. We honor the victims because we have values that are not
> > yet
> > lost, thank God.
> >
> >
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