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8th September 07, 12:42 PM
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Vets returning from Viet-Nam were not greeted as the heroes that they were, they were spat upon and called baby-killers. Such was the political climate in the US at the time. All Veterans deserve respect, they should also be given a bit more tolerance and understanding than most. This being said a drunken tirade such as this is not is not excusable.
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8th September 07, 05:39 PM
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 Originally Posted by ccga3359
All Veterans deserve respect,
I agree that all veterans deserve respect, but as a Vietnam Vet I believe that they owe respect. As a vet I stood for the freedom of speech, but I don't believe in the freedom to insult someone else.
It may have been better to explain that you did not care for the comments. Ans talk to him about it, drinking didn't help but I wonder if by being much older he was feeling out of place and his defense method was to take shots at the only other person he found out of place. This is no excuse since there is not excuse for rudeness.
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