Posted on Nov 19, 2016
How would you react if you were on a flight where a family was boo'd for being allowed off the plane first to receive their soldier's body?
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As a seasoned teacher, I would give them the mother of all death stares that God only bestows on kick-ass teachers ... and DIs! :-)
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Edward Samsen
You mean the look "Don't even think it" that stunt was old when I was a student....Didn't work then, still wont work
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I'd ask / tell/ make them STFU & show some respect for the dead and try to be a decent human being.
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You can't shame the shameless and you certainly can't teach morons respect and dignity. Why? Because they either have never had any themselves or they chose to be the way they are...honorless. Those people to me are nothing more than foot pads to make my walking a little more comfortable.
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I would tell them that I would have prefered that one of their family to be in the casket, than one of our military who gave all.
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In all honesty I don't know what I would do other than salute the Gold Star Family, shake their hands, give them my condolences, thank them for their ultimate sacrifice, and offer any help they needed. There is no point in acknowledging ignorance or trying to educate someone like that.
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That this question is being asked proves you can make people say anything you want by giving them limited facts on which to express opinion. No one on any flight anywhere in the USA would knowingly boo a Gold Star family. The true facts behind this story are revealed with just a little digging. Time to respond is better spent researching the real event and ignoring this question.
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Sgt Bob Leonard
LT Schalton, what you've said is simple common sense. But as the old question goes, why is it that common sense is so uncommon?
It seems that "everyone" is so primed to be offended about something, they'll grab anything that just SOUNDS like something to be offended about and run with it. Even when it's something that, when viewed cooly and objectively, just doesn't pass the 'smell test'.
(But, pure objectivity must ask the question: Does "everyone" react with a hair trigger, or only a vocal few who SOUND like they're "everyone"?
Oh, the things that keep me up at night.... )
It seems that "everyone" is so primed to be offended about something, they'll grab anything that just SOUNDS like something to be offended about and run with it. Even when it's something that, when viewed cooly and objectively, just doesn't pass the 'smell test'.
(But, pure objectivity must ask the question: Does "everyone" react with a hair trigger, or only a vocal few who SOUND like they're "everyone"?
Oh, the things that keep me up at night.... )
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PO2 Clotilde Szelkowski
Yes common sense is a good thing but, unfortunately, it makes too much sense and most of the people ARE offended easily. Today you can't say anything without SOMEONE being offended. I don't really care about the rest of the article. If this were to present itself while I was present, I would definitely not be very ladylike! I love my country, the troops who defend her, especially those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice.
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I am an old guy, but one who is easily pissed off. Honestly, I would throat punch the SOB. No respect when I came home, and I will be damned if I will stand by and see any of our troops or their families dishonored.
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Look at them, shake my head and realize that they are not worth the effort to respond otherwise. Because of our piss poor educational system and the useless Department of Education we have raised a couple generations of ignorant people. They are "trained," but not educated.
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PO2 Kevin Parker
I don't believe you can blame it all on the education system. I believe we have to blame the home front first! The parents are the ones that start them off and then they tell the school system how and what to do with their children.
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PO2 Clotilde Szelkowski
I agree with you PO2 that it all begins with the parents! Unfortunately there are too many that were raised by disillusioned, bitter Viet Nam veterans. I don't hold their feelings against them. But I would like to see them teaching their children properly.
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