farglebargle
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ORIGINAL: BOUNTYHUNTER WHILE I don't hold a grudge,I believe "jane" and others like her should have been sent to live forever in nam just my views and I am sticking to them .As a vet wounded 3 times in nam for my country and come back to see people like her able to say and do what she wants because folks like myself and million or two others have fought and bled so she could have that right.... I have mellowed but can"t forgive or forget..step lighty but carry a big stick..BH My question is this, if you really fought for my freedom to say anything I like, and Jane Fonda's to say anything she likes, then why in the world would you want to negate that sacrifice by deporting people for using their freedom of speech? The constitution gave us that right by the way, not napalming peasants in Vietnam Our Creator endows us with Rights. The Constitution says what the Federal Government MAY do, and some specific examples of what they CANNOT do. Topped off with the whipped cream of the 9th and the cherry of the 10th Amendments. The ONLY person who fights for MY rights, is me. And again, the question which forms the crux of the "Was Dissent Justified?": Why would the US support Diem when he disobeyed the UN, but overthrow Hussein when HE disobeyed the UN? Was Diem's government in South Vietnam Lawful? And if not, what duty do Citizen Soldiers ( who in a Constitutional Republic are NOT slaves, btw, and have a POSITIVE DUTY to oppose unlawful orders... ) have in actively questioning and opposing it?
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