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OK, fine. You are not a member of a third party, it's not a "struggle" you're participating in, you're just choosing to vote for a third-party candidate. I wanted to give you the benefit of the doubt that this was some sort of genuine crusade or struggle for you, because only then would it be even remotely worthy of the kind of glorification your're giving it.

Why are you so anal about third parties? I only said I vote for whom I feel is the best one for the job. Sometimes, on rare occasions, I have been known to vote for a Republican, like I did when I voted for McClintock.

Now I know that to a party hack like yourself, I committed the ultimate sin because I should have voted for Ahnold!, but I disagreed with Ahnold! and felt like McClintock was the best man for the job.

And again, I am not belittling the effort of REAL soldiers who die in REAL battles, because you do not deserve to be compared to them. That is why I invented two DIFFERENT examples to compare you to: IMAGINED soldiers who had no weapons to fight with, and IMAGINED lunatics who jump off buildings. Neither is remotely like the soldiers in Iraq, are they?

Invented is a good word for your arguments, which have no basis in reality but allow you to knock the stuffings out of them so you appear to be a thinking man.

And why shouldn't I be allowed to be compared to the soldiers and Marines? I served my time in the military. Didn't you?

Should I have left my principles behind when I completed my obligation? Did my oath to protect the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic suddenly become null and void?

And why did I choose them? Because like those unarmed soldiers or delusional aviators, your plan of action---even though it is supposedly based on principle---is negligently ineffective at accomplishing your its goal.

You chose them because you wanted to insult me, not make a point.

This is QUITE UNLIKE our soldiers in Iraq, who are accomplishing a great feat. So again, my words had nothing to do with the soldiers in Iraq, and in fact were meant to put considerable distance between your so-called "voting on principle" and their noble work.

We all do our part. For some the tool is a gun, while others, the ballot box. Until I mentioned it, the soldiers in Iraq were the furthest thing from your mind, which is why you belittled my remark about people dying for a principle. It wasn't until I pointed this out to you that you became indignant.

It is good that you're a member of the Republican party. It requires no thought or consideration, only blind obedience. That suits you.