Blogging saves the day.
Well, I finally have a very interesting occurance to talk about. I thought about including all of the text of these letters, but I think it would take a lot of room, if anyone is interested in reading all of them, I can forward them to you.
A few days ago my Aunt forwarded a chain e-mail to most of the family members that have email accounts. It had to do with the ACLU supposedly not wanting Christian crosses to be displayed at public or private memorial sites or on grave stones. It also included a picture of a large field of grave stones that were all crosses.
In response, my brother wrote, what I took to be a well thought-out and researched reply to all the reciepients about how the photo was actually a WWII memorial in Europe, and how most of the ACLU's activities have been to allow everyone to be able to exercise their constitutional rights regardless of their religious or political backgrounds or agendas. (There are also sites on the internet which specialize in exposing hoax chain-letters and the like.)
So a couple days go by and all the sudden everyone in the family receives an e-mail from one of my "Uncles" (by marriage). He has always been a bit of a hot-head and doesn't share many of the views shared by most of the other family members, but he proceeds to blast my brother's e-mail and all "Left Wing Cry Baby Bed Wetting Radical Liberals". He proceeds to talk about how Kerry and Dean are forcing their will on government and society. About how the ACLU is eroding religious freedom and how his right to bare arms are being taken away by the left.
I just thought that it was funny that he, who voted for Bush, and for whom the Federal Assault Weapon Ban(outlawing production, not the sale, of automatic weapons) just expired, gets all hysterical about his rights diminishing and having increases in religious persecution. Regardless of the fact that he was extremely rude and insensitive in the face of a reasoned and well-thought out reply.
I think I am gonna write an e-mail too, gotta help out my brother.
A few days ago my Aunt forwarded a chain e-mail to most of the family members that have email accounts. It had to do with the ACLU supposedly not wanting Christian crosses to be displayed at public or private memorial sites or on grave stones. It also included a picture of a large field of grave stones that were all crosses.
In response, my brother wrote, what I took to be a well thought-out and researched reply to all the reciepients about how the photo was actually a WWII memorial in Europe, and how most of the ACLU's activities have been to allow everyone to be able to exercise their constitutional rights regardless of their religious or political backgrounds or agendas. (There are also sites on the internet which specialize in exposing hoax chain-letters and the like.)
So a couple days go by and all the sudden everyone in the family receives an e-mail from one of my "Uncles" (by marriage). He has always been a bit of a hot-head and doesn't share many of the views shared by most of the other family members, but he proceeds to blast my brother's e-mail and all "Left Wing Cry Baby Bed Wetting Radical Liberals". He proceeds to talk about how Kerry and Dean are forcing their will on government and society. About how the ACLU is eroding religious freedom and how his right to bare arms are being taken away by the left.
I just thought that it was funny that he, who voted for Bush, and for whom the Federal Assault Weapon Ban(outlawing production, not the sale, of automatic weapons) just expired, gets all hysterical about his rights diminishing and having increases in religious persecution. Regardless of the fact that he was extremely rude and insensitive in the face of a reasoned and well-thought out reply.
I think I am gonna write an e-mail too, gotta help out my brother.
posted by Tim @ 1:04 PM
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