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Message: [QUOTE="OldTimer, post: 1231618, member: 58798"] They do indeed DESERVE it! I, on the other hand, have not saved the world! So when I get old(soon), feel free to honk and curse, for I have spent my entire life living off the fat of the land that their generation fought so hard to make possible for [B]ME[/B] to enjoy. And I've spent entirely to little time in reverence of the sacrifices they made for [B]ME[/B]. My Dad fought in Korea and a soldier was "who" he was. He too, was very bitter about his struggle against the Koreans. Imagine how he felt when my oldest sister came home with a [B]Korean[/B] boyfriend! To us, he was being bigoted and unreasonable, but we never spent a night in a foxhole watching friends die all around at the hands of people who looked like her new beau. If nothing else, he [B]fought[/B] for his right to express his opinions without having justify himself to a bunch of snot nosed kids! That brings to mind, a thought I often consider is how difficult it must have been for someone to come home after an experience like that and be able to take seriously, anyone who had never even seen the things a front line soldier had lived. How could you not scoff at some college boy telling you how things are supposed to be? Or some impatient driver who thinks you're interfering with his ability to keep an "all important" appointment? I think my Dad was that way. I don't think he REALLY respected anyone who hadn't served. [/QUOTE]