Respect

Sgt. Stryker has a blurb about some residents of Oakland disrespecting an Army soldier in uniform. Short of it is that she was harrassed for a while before a few sailors showed up to extract her from the situation.

This, in my mind, is a product of a closeminded and poor upbringing. I was brought up to understand that the military protected our right of dissent. Therefore, even if we vehemately disagreed with them, we still needed to respect and supoort our folks in uniform. I had friends who didn't learn the lesson explicitly athome, but they were openminded enough to pick it up from the renewed strains of patriotism during the Reagan years.

If only these simple minded morons relaized that this woman was defending their right to harass her. Of course, the irony would escape them.

Sarge, these idiots are the minority. Most everyone with a modicrum of intelligence at least has respect for you guys. Look down on these folks like we look down on the French. They aren't worth the time.