Would you send a letter to a soldier using THIS stamp?

US Post Office ^ | 5/17/3 | Varmint Al

[Varmint Al]

Would you send a letter to a soldier with this stamp?

I found out about this via email and checked the USPS site:

Now the United States Postal Service REMEMBERS and HONORS the EID MUSLIM holiday season with a commemorative first class holiday postage stamp. 

REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of PanAm Flight 103!
REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993!
REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the Marine barracks in Lebanon!
REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the military barracks in Saudi Arabia!
REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the American Embassies in Africa! 
REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the USS COLE!
REMEMBER the MUSLIM attack on the Twin Towers on 9/11/2001!
REMEMBER all the AMERICAN lives that were lost in those vicious MUSLIM attacks!

REMEMBER to adamantly and vocally BOYCOTT this stamp when purchasing your stamps at the post office. To use this stamp would be a slap in the face to all those AMERICANS who died at the hands of those whom this stamp honors.

I am sure not going to buy any of these stamps!!

Just one more reason email is so popular.

Good Hunting... from Varmint Al

[kstewskis]

someone had pointed out to me that the EID muslims were one of the more "mellower" sect, in that they are different (and don't preach violence) than some of their other radical muslim bretheren.

I'm sure someone could elaborate for me.

[CroftonFreeper]

BUMP !! I wouldn't use this stamp to mail a bill grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[MarineDad]

The ONLY way I'd use one on a letter to the troops is if I wrote the following underneath it:

CAREFULLY REMOVE FROM ENVELOPE AND USE AS A URINAL TARGET WITH OUR BLESSINGS!

[Libertina]

rotflol....wonder if that would be considerd a "hate crime"?

[TaxRelief]

It is quite possible that our own USPS is committing TREASON.

[hellinahandcart]

Eid is a holiday.

[cake_crumb]

For some strange reason, I'm suddenly reminded of those monthly meetings of Postal Inspectors where they all fly to Washington and build sand castles, dress up as animals and sing songs....

[the_doc]

Would you send a letter to a soldier with this stamp?

No, but that doesn't mean that the USPS shouldn't have such a stamp in a society such as ours. See kstewskis's post #2.

[unixfox]

Someone could go "postal" over getting one of those.

[freedom44]

You have the right to boycott it, but we have a Muslim population in the Millions as well as others who are interested in the religion.

While many might still mix islam with radical islam, many Americans don't including our President.

Personally i don't care to have this type of stamp, but i'm not going to be a dictator and tell others not to buy it.

[Salman]

someone had pointed out to me that the EID muslims were one of the more "mellower" sect, in that they are different (and don't preach violence) than some of their other radical muslim bretheren.

I'm sure someone could elaborate for me.

"Eid" is not a sect, it is the Arabic word for holiday.

[tutstar]

NOT!

[Cicero]

Eid is a holiday. Properly celebrated, it involves sacrificing animals. I remember reading that North African Arabs were bitching this year because the price of animal sacrifices skyrocketed this year. The kiddies were disappointed not to see some small beast going under the knife.

[freedom44]

Eid is actually tied in very closely with Christianity and Judaism.

http://eid-al-adha.123holiday.net/

Eid al-Adha
Eid al-Adha or Feast of Sacrifice is the most important feast of the Muslim calendar. It concludes the Pilgrimmage to Mecca. Eid al-Adha lasts for three days and commemorates Ibraham's (Abraham) willingness to obey God by sacrificing his son. Muslims believe the son to be Ishmael rather than Isaac as told in the Old Testament. Ishmael is considered the forefather of the Arabs. According to the Koran, Ibrahim was about to sacrifice his son when a voice from heaven stopped him and allowed him to sacrifice a ram instead.

The feast re-enacts Ibrahim's obedience by sacrificing a cow or ram. The family eats about a third of the meal and donates the rest to the poor.

[Cvengr]

I did a double-take when I saw this stamp. At first I thought it was Teriq Aziz.

[freedom44]

hahahahahaha

[El Gato]

REMEMBER to adamantly and vocally BOYCOTT this stamp when purchasing your stamps at the post office. To use this stamp would be a slap in the face to all those AMERICANS who died at the hands of those whom this stamp honors.

I would prefer to think it honors those AMERICAN Muslims who wear the uniform of the United States Marines, Army, Navy or Air Force, many of whom are serving with honor and distinction in the Afghanistan and Iraq AOs even now as you froth at the mouth. It is not Islam that is our enemy but terrorists and tyrants, many, even most of whom are Muslims. The people of Afghanistan and Iraq, who we have now freed from the terrorists and tyrants, are Muslim too you know. The women and girls freed from the oppression of a certain group of Muslims, are Muslims themselves.

We still have lots of "payback" to make. But let that not blind us to the real identity of our enemies. Heck some of them, the most dangerous ones in the long run, are domestic enemies and not Muslims. The French are not Muslims, nor are the Germans or the Russians. The ChiComs aren't Muslims either, nor the North Koreans.

[Cvengr]

Come to think about,...has anybody seen Thurgood around and about recently?

[Michael81Dus]

Shall I conclude from your words that you consider "the Germans" as enemies?