For someone who has served his country in the military for 24 years, and who purports to be "very sensitive to the courage and sacrifice that were required during those horrific times," I find his diatribe against the Fawn Lake community disguised in the form of fealty to the Wilderness battlefield to be not only in bad taste but also disingenuous.
I live in the community and find it to be
I, like the rest of my neighbors, will acknowledge our mere mortality, but we also realize that one of the reasons we served was to preserve the right to live where we wanted to, and to provide a better quality of life for our families.
I honor and thank Mr. Meck for his service. Perhaps a switch to decaf before he writes again would be appropriate.
Jim O'Donnell
Spotsylvania