[RedOrchid4602]

Sorry, churchillbuff, I misunderstood who made what comments. I guess my above message is addressed to the people I listed in the "To:" rubric. Thanks!

[gatorbait]

If ignorance and narrow-mindedness could hurt, there would be many in great pain...

You must be in agony,then. Au revoir.

[kcvl]

Since you pinged me to your post...

Do you think it was fine for my family to die for you to have freedom of speech in this country? Because if they hadn't fought and died you wouldn't have the freedoms that you enjoy today. You aren't the only person who has lost someone to war. It is a volunteer service. No one forced anyone to join. Most of them don't have reporters and photographers write a story or print photos of them. I believe their are many more families who support this war against evil than those who don't. It seems some "reporters" have an agenda and aren't looking for those stories.

Lavinia Gelineau pauses as she speaks from her father-in-law's home in Eden, Vt., Wednesday, May 5, 2004. The widow of a Maine National Guard soldier killed in Iraq last month is calling on Americans to question their government's policy in Iraq. Gelineau's husband, Christopher Gelineau, was a Starksboro, Vt. native who died April 20th after enemy fighters ambushed his convoy in northern Iraq. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

[kcvl]

A posthumous degree was awarded to Christopher D. Gelineau, the Maine Army National Guardsman killed April 20 near Mosul, Iraq. Gelineau was a senior information technology communication major in USMÕs School of Applied Science, Engineering and Technology. He was one semester short of graduating. His mother, Victoria Chicoine, and his wife, Lavinia Onitiu-Gelineau accepted his degree as the audience gave a prolonged standing ovation. Onitiu-Gelineau made two other trips to the stage while receiving her own degrees in business and English.

Lavinia Onitiu-Gelineau, center, and Vicki Chicoine, left, are comforted Saturday by USM faculty members after accepting a posthumous degree for Gelineau's husband and Chicoine's son, Christopher, the Guardsman who was killed April 20 in Iraq.

[Texasforever]

Sorry for your loss. I am also sorry that you cheapened his sacrifice.