quote:In the end, it took a year to honor Kyle Gilbert. "We just wanted to remember Kyle," his mother says. "But things got politicized."
Something about this story is really bugs me. But some good came out of it, neh?
--j_k
Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
Presumably, its electric fields are aligned in only one direction, so that it cannot pass Polaroid filters.
Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
quote: To remember the warriors without necessarily endorsing the war.
Wow. To think this is a problem. "We want to remember him, but not what he died for."
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
Remembering the war is a bit different from endorsing the war, Boris. Note that the wording, which was generally considered acceptable, does mention the war.
Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
I don't know how the story comes across to others, but I take heart from it. Being "polarized" didn't stop people from being civil to each other and even doing something to work things out in a way that everyone could support.
Just wish there were more examples of that to point to.
Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
quote: Being "polarized" didn't stop people from being civil to each other and even doing something to work things out in a way that everyone could support.
That's a good point. But I get grumpy and mean when people start complaining about how something is worded. It's just nit-picky and rude to me.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
"But I get grumpy and mean when people start complaining about how something is worded. It's just nit-picky and rude to me."
So you don't think that wording is ever important?
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
quote:What happens when a nation is polarized?
Um, a president is elected with 51% of the vote and believes he has an overwhelming mandate?
And just because I'm not sure I've mentioned it, as opposed as I am to this war, my nephew is in Tikrit. If anything happened to him, I would want him honored, but I also agree that it shouldn't be in a way that would seem like we were endorsing the war.
Oh, and he was got to do one of the "Message from the troops" during the news last week. It was cool.
Posted by Bean Counter (Member # 6001) on :
It can end up bonded to another polar nation!
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
quote:Um, a president is elected with 51% of the vote and believes he has an overwhelming mandate?
Yep, the first President with a majority of the popular vote since his father was elected. How horrible!
Dagonee
[ December 13, 2004, 11:12 PM: Message edited by: Dagonee ]
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
Ah, but did Clinton ever talk of having a mandate?
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
I suppose we are actually a bi-polar country on our own right now.
And I wouldn't want to be bonded to another polar nation. Those nations in the polar region are too darn cold.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
A Clinton think tank, The Progressive Policy Institute, used the term "Mandate for Change."
Plus, Bush won the presidency with an expanded base in the same election that his party expanded its lead in both houses of Congress.
Dagonee
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
Lithium. Yummy!
Dag, everytime I hear the phrase "overwhelming mandate, I can't help but think of that line from the Princess Bride. You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.