Enough
The purpose of this blog is two-fold.
1. To tell the story of my time in Iraq, to inform my readers as to the goings on in this War on Terror, and to provide insight into the daily life of a US Soldier in Iraq.
2. To foster debate and discussion about this war, in a courteous and civil manner.
Personal attacks and mockery will not be tolerated. Neither will be vulgar language or hateful material. Any and all comments which I feel breach the line and qualify as obscene, hateful, inappropriate or unbased will be deleted.
SCOUTS OUT.
MDG....OUT.
posted by Michael @ 1:35 PM
12 Comments:
I think the mocker has some serious personal problems,he reminds me of a guy during our revolution who also thought respecting superiors and respecting authority was not his responsibility.
Ended up living in Great Britain till he died friendless and alone.
I think the blog as most from our milbloggers is very helpful for us back home. I am thankful for it,but much moreso your service to our nation.
Hang in ther MDG. I'll admit that the narrative drawing all the controversy raised my eyebrow when I first read it too ~ but honestly... during my husband's leave, I wouldn't have given the time of day to my own mother walking by - let alone a vagrant. No, maybe its not right -but the only people who think that prayin' folks should be perfect are those who aren't.
In order to set the record straight, I would like to give a more detailed account of the incident in question. A few people who have made comments
about it completely distorted the truth. It wasn't about MDG being rude or failing to help the poor. We didn't converse with the guy at all and the incident was over in a matter of seconds. When my husband finished praying, we looked up and there was a man standing way to close to me. It wouldn't have mattered to me what the guy looked like, all I know was that he was in my personal space and didn't belong there. He was less than two feet from our table just staring at us. My husband is protective of me and was a little more so after being away for so long. If that is a crime, I guess he was guilty. When we saw him, I'm sure we both gave him a very strange look because it was startling to see someone that close. He mumbled something incoherent about our prayer and walked off. After he walked off, our young waitress came up and
apologized and said "that guy was really scary!" That was it. If you weren't there, don't make judgments about my husband.
Well, I'm so rude that most people stay away from my blog because I scare them, but your policy is a good one. One solution that I saw that was very, very funny was to edit the unwanted posts to say wonderful things instead of nasty stuff. That tends to run the trolls off fast. And let me tell you, if someone was in my personal space, whether it was a homeless guy or Brad Pitt, I'd be saying something because that is a personal pet peeve. MY.PERSONAL.SPACE.
The basic rule of thumb in dealing with these yellow bellied sap suckers is the same for any place of public convience, privatly owned. A store would be such a place. The public is invited in but any person or persons not behaving in a way that the owner finds exceptable may be removed from the property and told not to return. Same princible with a blog, you are the owner and the rest of us are enjoying an open invitation.
Tom
I've had situations like this,why would anyone complain about how MDG acted?
Invasions of privacy are always wrong. When I read that,I thought it was normal conduct.
Good call MDG. There's absolutly no need or reason to tolerate that kind of behavior.
My husband is also over there with MDG, happen to be in the same platoon and all. I know that he was protective of me and our daughter on leave everytime that we went anywhere. It is completely natural for them to act this way especially when getting back to the ones that you love and ESPECIALLY after coming back from a place like Iraq.
For the one who calls itself Ten... ok forgot the rest of it. Honestly has no clue on what it is like to be in the situation that MDG encountered, or any of the guys over there encounter. Honestly the person posting under that name sounds like a real complete loser.
MDG,
I read the comment about the homeless guy in your R&R post and didn't give it much thought. I would have done the same thing if the guy was in rags or an Armani suit. Rude behavior is rude behavior.
As to the further rude behavior by the commenter, free speech is a wonderful thing, but you’re not freely entitled to it in my house. This is your house...delete away!
MDG:
First time reader of your blog. Keep it coming and know that we here in the U.S. need to get a firsthand look at what is going on in Iraq from someone who is there 24/07.
As a Vietnam vet I see some very discomforting parallels BUT unlike Vietnam I see the need to stay the course until the Iraq Army and other anti-terror forces are up to snuff. The biggest mistake we made in Nam (But NOT the only one) was allowing their military to become dependent on us - when we left they felt like their mom and dad had left them out to dry. We can't let that happen in Iraq - easier said than done I know.
Keep up your great work and God bless you and your fellow soldiers.
Hey I just wanted to say keep up the good work and God bless. My cousin is in the 101st Airborn and we are constantly praying for all of you.
Hey I just wanted to say keep up the good work and God bless. My cousin is in the 101st Airborn and we are constantly praying for all of you.
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