Re: The Feminization of the Medal of Honor
"Karl" <[email protected]>
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Exactly right, on all counts. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 1:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] The Feminization of the Medal of Honor >But he is right in a sense, charging >a machine gun nest to save your platoon is not the same as dragging a guy away >from his captors. I would suspect that it is not the killing in that scenario that is what is being (or worthy of being) honored in the first scenario...it is the selfless courage and risk of the situation. If killing was the criteria, everyone who shot someone in combat would get one. (And I realize you were not suggesting they WERE...but Fischer clearly does not understand that) Thom http://thomwade.wordpress.com/ http://www.cafepress.com/Thomwade http://www.in-one-ear.com _______________________________________ "I want a song to learn and sing, of a life requited."-Echo & the Bunnymen -- dadl-ot mailing list http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot