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Originally posted by Ronn_Bman:
The fact remains they (soldiers) risk their lives to protect and defend. You may not think they deserve anymore respect than someone who bags groceries, but I do. We don't live in a Utopian society, so someone has to risk their life, and I think those who do are deserving of special recognition.
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OK, let's see if I understand it right.
Any one of the Iraqi soldiers deserve more respect than Mother Teresa - she gave her life to others, but apparently it is not the point.
Any soldier deserves more respect than Jenner and Pasteur and all the doctors and scientists whose work save billions of lives - but again that's not the point, they were just saving lives, not "freedom".
Any Nazi officer deserved more respect than the French men and women who struggled to protect Jewish children - but they were not officially fighting, were they ?
Weirdly, some soldiers seem more equal than others - since posts like "the French not wanting war because they are afraid to lose because they haven't won a war since 1812" don't seem to bother many people.
Allright.