Comments on: Take Back Memorial Day

By: dofus kamas

dofus kamas — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:30:46 +0000

at that time I do not want to spend my time to the game, but later I met her, in my life she was very important, we together to earn the dofus kamas, I think this lifetime I will never forget.

By: 2moons dil

2moons dil — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:56:24 +0000

I was a sad loss of the same things will be long, so I order to commemorate the my 17 days of the 2moons. I only know that in the game the 2moons dil is very important.

By: Silkroad gold

Silkroad gold — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:08:18 +0000

I only have quest from level 7–15. All quest of Silkroad gold are one time only unless otherwise specified.

By: potbs gold

potbs gold — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:30:26 +0000

Ability to control the situation on whether the initiative has become a yardstick by. You can also buy potbs gold prove it. The game itself and its audience is not a direct rival between the tug-of-war contests, game aims to want to show the classic fencing in the occupied upper hand skills.

By: rs gold

rs gold — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 04:15:17 +0000

But this also can not stand the feeling of virtual test, because we have feelings, and equipment can be wear by everyone, number is also. And the issue was coming, the number was stolen, the equipment and the RS gold were stolen. Perhaps the feelings of the game were greater than the reality of the feelings of the problems.

By: stephen russell

stephen russell — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:43:10 +0000

Memorial Day should honor War dead Civil & Military ( even CIA spooks on missions that impact the US in a posotive way).
Maybe boost gun Sales on Memorial Day & Home sales to Vets from Iraq, Yes.
Otherwise De commercialize Memorial Day.
Send the Libs to Iraq.

By: Wanderer

Wanderer — Wed, 31 May 2006 16:31:50 +0000

I’ve carefully read every comment in this thread and seen exactly zero examples of “whining”, exactly zero posted by “anti-military types”, and exactly zero criticizing those who “personally defend” freedom (one assumes you mean members of the military there). Exactly zero. I saw a little bit of defense of Memorial Day sales, yeah, but that’s not the same thing.
If you are reading that into my criticism of politicians who cynically use false patriotism for political gain, what you are seeing does not exist outside of your own perceptions. One has to assume, from your blanket condemnation of everyone who has never served in the military, that you yourself have. So tell me this: How long would someone survive in combat if they saw only what they expected to see, not what was really there?
As far as my comments about politicians, I will reply with another one of my favorite quotes — this one from a Republican president, in fact:
> To announce that there must be no criticism of
> the president, or that we are to stand by the
> president, right or wrong, is not only
> unpatriotic and servile, but is morally
> treasonable to the American public.
I put it to you that the person who brings to light what is wrong, and seeks to change it to right, is the true patriot in the tradition that goes back to the founding fathers of this country, and the person who confuses patriotism with blind obedience to politicians of any stripe is the one who needs to seek out a more suitable place to live. Places like North Korea exhibit a perfect example of that attitude; perhaps such a person would be happier there.
Patriotism is like exercise. Who will be in the best shape: the man who says “my body is already the best possible” or the one who recognizes where he needs to improve and works out hard?
I stand by my position: I have just as much contempt for people who use Memorial Day to advance partisan politics as I do for those who use it to increase the sales of used cars.

By: Everett Franks

Everett Franks — Wed, 31 May 2006 13:25:52 +0000

All you whining liberal anti-military types will never get it. You want your freedom and will not personally defend it but you are the first to critize those that do. Why don’t you leave this country and head out to where you think it’s better.

By: Wanderer

Wanderer — Tue, 30 May 2006 20:35:50 +0000

(the first and third paragraphs of my previous comment were meant to be in italics; I didn’t realize this would strip HTML tags)

By: Wanderer

Wanderer — Tue, 30 May 2006 20:33:52 +0000

Extremely sad is the fact of how so many in positions of influence actually see things such as patriotism, pride in the US nation & culture as somehow primitive and simpleton.
Equally sad, and far more frightening, is the number of people who see patriotism and pride in the US as tools for political gain and weapons to use against their political opponents — people who equate patriotism with lockstep obedience to a leader and pride in our country with contempt for others. Someone else said it better than I ever can. He warned against the “dangerous patriot” as one who:
”…drifts into chauvinism and exhibits blind enthusiasm for military actions. He is a defender of militarism and its ideals of war and glory. Chauvinism is a proud and bellicose form of patriotism … which identifies numerous enemies who can only be dealt with through military power and which equates the national honor with military victory.“
That was written by someone who ought to know: Colonel James A. Donovan, USMC.
True pride is not arrogant. It is not the swagger of a bully or the bravado of a street thug. And true patriotism is not blind obedience to authority, nor is it jingoistic nationalism. Beware of anyone who tries to convince you otherwise, because he is trying to use you. Trying to use you for some goal of his own in which the greatness of America plays no part.
Honoring the sacrifice of those who have fallen in war does not mean agreeing with the politicians in power at the time, or at any time. Memorial Day is a day to remember the honored dead, not to pledge obedience to the old men who send those young men to die. Someone who thinks it is a day for politics is as contemptable as someone who thinks it is a day for sales.