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what it does do is underscore the the validity, intent and quality of the posts.

And then to attempt to cover it with humor? I do subscribe to the old adage that many a true word is said in jest!!

Where is the egg patrol?

btk

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That was a stupid thing for DaleMN to write; we have all, though, probably wrote stupid things on line that we regret.

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I took care of a WWII Uncle from Illinois back in 1994. He was a scout (Sergeant?) during the invasion of Italy in September 1943. Allied invasion of Italy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

He and his squad of 7 men or so were scouting enemy positions from underneath some trees. A German tanker spotted them and sent air bursts above the trees. These shell rounds shred anything below them.

6 of his men were killed outright. He and the other man as far as I know were badly wounded.

He lost an arm, a leg, and a good part of his skull.

While I was taking care of him, he would get flashbacks to the war and be right in that fight or some other fight. I guess he had some kind of Alzheimer's that created waking nightmares. These nightmares were more than 50 years after this invasion of Italy.

These were tough to watch. I was helping with getting him around before the family could get him into a local nursing home.

He was a smalltown hero and rightly so.

A great man I am sure. We are losing our greatest generation. They are slipping from our hands right before our eyes.

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On the basketball game issue, though, it still seems like insensitivity and racism were very much a part of that game. On both sides though

I am sure there was. This is South Texas and high school, so no surprises there. It just seems that the school board could have done this without making it seem like one side is against there other, unprovoked.
That is the part that makes it smell!