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wow...it's amazing to watch the substance of this discussion disintegrate into accusations that I'm some other guy. I'm NOT Shoals Lover or anyone else who has previously posted in this forum, and, having thought about it for a couple of hours now, I realize that there's just no way to establish this without identifying myself, which I don't care to do any more than the rest of you...if anyone else can think of a way for me to verify that I'm not Shoals Lover (I'm really not sure why I care who you think I am, other than that it distracts from what I was trying to say), let me know in a private message-- I'll do it. I really hate to think that YOU folks think that there could only be One Single Sarcastic Liberal in an area of this size-- guess that really speaks for the area's lack of diversity, huh?

As for my shrewd inference that Rednevedanv's name derives from his surname, it's because-- NEWS FLASH, FOLKS-- it's obviously "Vandevender" spelled backwards. I have a sharp eye for word/number/letter combinations, and wondered what the point of an unpronounceable nic is-- just like I do when I see an incomprehensible personalized auto tag. Furthermore, I used to know an awesome local guitarist named Charles Vandevender, and I think his dad or grandfather was the minister of the Presbyterian church downtown when I was in high school...so, woohoo for me, I somehow trapped myself in an identity conundrum by reversing a few letters to figure out that the guy's last name HAD to be Vandevender...

I can't believe I'm even still typing. But so as not to leave this impossible "discussion" with any murky areas, I'd like to note the following, and you can then all respond about how I'm really Shoals Lover (for the record, having spent most of my life here, I'm FAR from a "Shoals Lover" and can't wait to get to a blue state soon's a job comes through)...

Having said that, I'd like to point out that I don't wish our soldiers harm. I just don't support the decision, particularly by anyone who joined the military after 2003 or so, to do. I think the Iraqi Occupation is costly in terms of money, lives, and loss of credibility in the world, and I've just begun to find it hard to mourn people who make such...bad...decisions.

I likened it to the reckless sports some people pursue like rock climbing or bullfighting-- when some guy falls off a 100-foot rock face dies from blunt force trauma or whatever, the lives of his survivors are impacted and truthfully, it's harder on the survivors than the "victim". And in this case, in my view, the ONLY difference is that the person was pursuing the "sport" under the guise of "serving the nation", and I say: "where's the service, other than the funeral service performed over your prematurely shattered remains that would be much better off above ground, alive, and enjoying life with your family?"

I'm just saying I don't support the mission, the decision to join the military, or the government that sends those kids (and "young adults", Mr. D) off to die FOR NO GOOD CAUSE.

I know quite well that I should never have broached this subject here-- it would be controversial even in a town with a MUCH better track record for free expression of ideas than Florence, and, truthfully, I'm not trying to ram the opinion down anyone's throat. I appreciate those of you who responded kindly or disagreed in a civil manner, and I will get out of your way and let you go back to assuring yourselves that there could only be one well-spoken, witty liberal in town and he spends his time creating alter-egos to reinforce his opinions. Sheesh.

I truly, truly, wish you all the best.

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