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Interviews with participants indicate the dispute isn't that clear-cut. Date published: 2/27/2007
BY MICHAEL ZITZ It was the punch heard 'round the blogosphere. On Feb. 17, a Fredericksburg man with fervent anti-war feelings sought out, confronted, and is accused of assaulting a "College Republican" at the University of Mary Washington for supporting the war in Iraq. The tale of pacifist passion boiling over provided juice for political Web sites on both the Interviews with the participants indicate the dispute isn't that clear-cut. The man accused in the attack refuses to call himself a Democrat but acknowledges that his actions were "dumb." The "pro-war Republican" who was attacked says he isn't an active member of the campus political group and no longer strongly supports the war. One of his roommates, who Their stories offer a cautionary tale about the danger of putting too much personal information on the Internet, about the corrosive nature of debate in the blogosphere, and about what can happen when people jump to conclusions as quickly as they click from one Web site to another. A plan to confrontAndrew Jefferson Stone, a 23-year-old Mary Washington alumnus, didn't know Reed Pannell, a UMW junior from Sterling. Stone said he found Pannell's name and address by doing a Facebook search for College Republicans in Fredericksburg. Stone made a list, then started going door to door with Army recruiting materials. His plan was to ask those on the list if they support the war--and if so, why they weren't fighting in it. Pannell, 20, said he listed "College Republicans" as one of his activities on his Facebook profile, even though he said he doesn't even attend the UMW group's meetings. He said he wasn't concerned at the time about openly providing his home address on the profile. "All I was worried about was people showing up unannounced to party," he said.
Date published: 2/27/2007
You're right, this is a bit more complicated. Either Stone's a Democrat or he considers the Democratic Party too conservative, and he's too dishonest to admit either. And Mr. Zitz does not put this criminal on the spot and pursue the matter with hard questions but pusillanimously lets it go. Would Mr. Zitz have done so had the political persuasions been reversed? I wouldn't bet one cent on it.
Many of the troops that fought in the Civil War, WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam did not volunteer and were drafted. Stone and other Democrats make an argument that if you support the war but don't volunteer that you are a hypocritical coward. Their argument would then carry that volunteers are the only true patriots which demeans all of our brave men in uniform who did not volunteer. You didn't hear too much about this when we had a draft dodging. dope smoking, serial raping, perjury committing president.
I'm so tired of Hollywood and idiots like this trying to shove their opionions in my face. He's lucky. If he'd knocked on my door he would have been looking down the barrel of my Beretta.
Another criminal charge is trespassing, but that does not seem to have been included. By the way, if peace protesters are "terrorists" than what about all of those pro-war people who made threats to those of us who intitially opposed the war? Oh, yeah...they are now against the war.
Interesting response by the student, he didn't sign for the military because daddy is paying for college?? Good that he has his priorities straight.
This just goes to show how mindless people are today. There are ways to go about protesting in a "peaceful" and sane manner. I thought the 500 phone calls you recieved for being registered either way were bad. The "peace" protesters now adays promote violence as a means. Not all...but by protesting at fallen soldiers funerals, and going door to door... Give me a break! They ask for confontation. And they'd get it knocking on my door.
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