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RogerRabbit
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 Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 8:56 pm Post subject: Marine chastises 'die in' protesters |
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http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43782
| Quote: | College senior in Iraq invites students to join him
Posted: April 14, 2005
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com
Protesters' "die-in" at Ohio University Friday (Photo: The Post, Ohio University).
After hearing of an anti-war "die in" protest at his university, a Marine serving in Iraq responded with a letter published in a student newspaper, inviting fellow students to exchange the comfort of their coffee houses for the hardships and dangers troops endure to preserve America's freedom and security.
"It's a shame that I'm here in Iraq with the Marines right now and not back at Ohio University completing my senior year and joining in blissful ignorance with the enlightened, war-seasoned protesters who participated in the recent 'die-in' at College Gate," wrote Marc Fencil, a major in political science, criminology and Spanish at the Athens, Ohio, school.
Friday, more than 20 students, local residents and out-of-town visitors sprawled out on sidewalks around campus, symbolically "dying" in an event organized by a social activist group, Interact, according to the student-run paper, The Post.
Interact member Fiona Mitchell said the group was "looking for a way to visually represent the war in Iraq, something that would really make an impact."
One participant, 46-year-old Connie Harris of Columbus, Ohio, carried a sign with an upside-down flag with the word "shame" above it.
"I was born in America, and I can honestly say I'm not proud to be an American," Harris said, according to The Post. "People, they are proud, but they have to know it's my duty; it's my privilege to question a lot of what our government's doing."
Fencil invited the protesters to come and experience the real "die in" soldiers face in Iraq.
"Make sure you all say your goodbyes to your loved ones though, because you won't be seeing them for at least the next nine months," he wrote. "You need to get here quick because I don't want you to miss a thing. You missed last month's discovery of a basement full of suicide vests from the former regime (I'm sure Saddam's henchmen just wore them because they were trendy though). You weren't here for the opening of a brand new school we built either. You might also notice women exercising their new freedom of walking to the market unaccompanied by their husbands."
Fencil warned "it's not going to be all fun and games over here."
"You might have bad dreams for the next several nights after you zip up the body bag over a friend's disfigured face," he said. "I know you think that nothing, even a world free of terror for one's children, is worth dying for, but bear with me here. We're going to live in conditions you've never dreamt about. You should get here soon though, because the temperatures are going to be over 130 degrees very soon and we will be carrying full combat loads (we're still going to work though). When it's all over, I promise you can go back to your coffee houses and preach about social justice and peace while you continue to live outside of reality."
He concluded: "If you decide to decline my offer, then at least you should sleep well tonight knowing that men wearing black facemasks and carrying AK-47s yelling 'Allahu Akbar' over here are proud of you and are forever indebted to you for advancing their cause of terror. While you ponder this, I'll get back to the real 'die-in' over here. I don't mind." |
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http://thepost.baker.ohiou.edu/E.php?article=E4&date=040805
| Quote: | It's a shame that I'm here in Iraq with the Marines right now and not back at Ohio University completing my senior year and joining in blissful ignorance with the enlightened, war-seasoned protesters who participated in the recent "die-in" at College Gate. It would appear that all the action is back home, but why don't we make sure? That's right, this is an open invitation for you to cut your hair, take a shower, get in shape and come on over! If Michael Moore can shave and lose enough weight to fit into a pair of camouflage utilities, then he can come too!
Make sure you all say your goodbyes to your loved ones though, because you won't be seeing them for at least the next nine months. You need to get here quick because I don't want you to miss a thing. You missed last month's discovery of a basement full of suicide vests from the former regime (I'm sure Saddam's henchmen just wore them because they were trendy though). You weren't here for the opening of a brand new school we built either. You might also notice women exercising their new freedom of walking to the market unaccompanied by their husbands.
There is a man here, we just call him al-Zarqawi, but we think he'd be delighted to sit down and give you some advice on how you can further disrespect the victims of Sept. 11 and the 1,600 of America's bravest who have laid down their lives for a safer world. Of course he'll still call you "infidel" but since you already agree that there is no real evil in the world, I see no reason for you to be afraid. Besides, didn't you say that radical Islam is a religion of peace and tolerance?
I'm warning you though -it's not going to be all fun and games over here. You might have bad dreams for the next several nights after you zip up the body bag over a friend's disfigured face. I know you think that nothing, even a world free of terror for one's children, is worth dying for, but bear with me here. We're going to live in conditions you've never dreamt about. You should get here soon though, because the temperatures are going to be over 130 degrees very soon and we will be carrying full combat loads (we're still going to work though). When it's all over, I promise you can go back to your coffee houses and preach about social justice and peace while you continue to live outside of reality.
If you decide to decline my offer, then at least you should sleep well tonight knowing that men wearing black facemasks and carrying AK-47s yelling "Allahu Akbar" over here are proud of you and are forever indebted to you for advancing their cause of terror. While you ponder this, I'll get back to the real "die-in" over here. I don't mind. |
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stop kerry
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| Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 2:20 am Post subject: re Ou senior in Iraq |
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I live in Ohio and it doesn't suprise me about the knuckle heads at OU. As a Miami of Ohio Graduate I'm pleased to say we almost always beat them in all sports and Debates. So I hope Mr.Fencil transfers to Miami, where he'll be honored and get a much better education  |
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I tried to write to this Marine at the email address given on the school's web site under his letter but it was returned to me with "no such address." 
BZ's, CPT Fencil!
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