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alcaray — 9/10/2012 7:36:11 PM (archived)

...I lived in a small 2-story dorm, built during the depression. We had 1 vet in the crop of freshmen that entered when I did. He was just one of the guys (though he was a bit more mature than the rest of us). I could not tell you who or how many of the upperclassmen were vets. It was not an issue.

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The dog that does nothing in the nighttime - TB - 9/9/2012 7:03:36 PM
- The war protests were largely about Iraq - BuckGalaxy - 9/11/2012 12:00:47 AM
- Maybe it's simple - RobVG - 9/10/2012 2:14:59 PM
  - Re: Maybe it's simple - TB - 9/10/2012 3:00:35 PM
    - Agreed. - BuckGalaxy - 9/10/2012 11:16:44 PM
  - Liberals started the Viet Nam war. - ER - 9/10/2012 2:36:02 PM
    - The anti-VN-war crowd started as liberal but grew to be a majority of Americans. - alcaray - 9/10/2012 6:34:52 PM
      - The anti-VN war crowd also included many Vets on GI Bill. - ER - 9/10/2012 7:22:28 PM
        
        It get's worse. - bowser - 9/10/2012 8:03:01 PM
        
        Well, I didn't want to just come out and say that. - ER - 9/10/2012 8:21:22 PM
        
        When I began college in '71 (not having served, myself)... - alcaray - 9/10/2012 7:36:11 PM
        
        Maturity - ER - 9/10/2012 7:43:59 PM
- You must think we're brain-dead, TB. - ER - 9/9/2012 8:23:51 PM
  - At least now we don't have to stay untill we've defeated "terrorism". - alcaray - 9/9/2012 10:36:42 PM
    - err, should have been: "terror". - alcaray - 9/10/2012 3:31:09 AM
  - Well, now that you mention it... - TB - 9/9/2012 8:51:35 PM
    - There is no generic anti-war movement - ER - 9/9/2012 9:27:32 PM
      - And, we're off running through the tall grass again. - TB - 9/9/2012 11:51:24 PM
        
        Are you saying that ANSWER, movon, and MSNBC are (or were) the antiwar movement? - alcaray - 9/10/2012 3:30:27 AM
        
        No, TB. You are a partisan propagandist. - ER - 9/10/2012 12:21:46 AM
        
        Re: No, TB. You are a partisan propagandist. - TB - 9/10/2012 3:08:17 AM
        
        Yeah, right. Everbody picks on poor Tommy. - ER - 9/10/2012 12:19:52 PM
    - Incidentally, this didn't "come out of nowhere." - TB - 9/9/2012 9:25:39 PM
- Re: The dog that does nothing in the nighttime - Jody - 9/9/2012 7:31:38 PM

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