Red Fridays spam RE: [SCA-AE] Fwd: [sca-pervect] Digest Number1523

[Daniel]

That is some proverbial nail-head hitting.

Daniel and Una
Æ
Both Ex-USN

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sca-aethelmearc-bounces at lists.andrew.cmu.edu [mailto:sca-
> aethelmearc-bounces at lists.andrew.cmu.edu] On Behalf Of Rich G
> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 8:33 PM
> To: discussion at aethelmearc.org
> Subject: RE: Red Fridays spam RE: [SCA-AE] Fwd: [sca-pervect] Digest
> Number1523
> 
> 
> >By all means, let us keep politics and the like off this list so that
> >we may pursue other more important activities in this glorious
> organization.
> >I would say that the pursuit of awards, self aggrandizement, petty
> >bickering and the vast stupidities that are indulged in on a hourly
> >basis in the SCA are much more important than a simple act of
> >acknowledging one of uur fallen heroes in this, the most beautiful
> country on God's earth.
> 
> I promised myself I wasn't going to get in on this, especially since
> I'm on vacation, but...
> 
> (takes off deputy kingdom officers hat and puts on battered old BDU cap
> with the sergeant's stripes still on it)
> 
> Hi. I'm Calvert, mka Rich Goranson, former NCO in the US Army, disabled
> retiree, SCAdian and nine-year military veteran (1981-1990). Most of
> you know me or at least have heard bad things about me...probably from
> my wife.
> 
> While we appreciate the sentiment that many of you are feeling on days
> such as November 11th, many of us realize that it is indeed only
> sentiment. We veterans realize that when one says, "We support the
> troops" that saying it or buying a Chinese-made ribbon magnet for $1.50
> at Wal-Mart usually is the full extent of their support. So, I
> challenge all of you...don't just say it, DO it. If you are still of
> age and physically able, volunteer to serve.
> If you cannot volunteer, help out servicemen's families by sending them
> food. Most younger servicemen's families live in abject poverty. Help
> them.
> Organize charity drives. Offer to sit in with the families while their
> servicemen are away and give them the psychological support that they
> need.
> Many wounded servicemen, particularly reservists and guardsmen called
> to active duty are living in third-world conditions on bases in the
> southern US waiting for medical treatment. Volunteer as medical aides
> to help them.
> There are a lot of things you can do. Go out and do them. Only then
> will your claims of support actually have meaning to those who serve
> and those of us like myself who have served in the past. Many of you
> say you support the troops. Prove that it is more than just a cliche.
> We have seen very little proof.
> 
> While we appreciate the thanks, we know that the thanks are not for our
> benefit but for yours. Our servicemen and veterans deserve better than
> thanks. They deserve action.
> 
> 
> Rich Goranson (Lord Stephan Calvert deGrey) Amherst, NY, USA (Barony of
> the Rhydderich Hael, Æthelmearc) temporarily in Lafayette, IN, USA
> (Barony of Rivenstar, Midrealm)
> 
> 
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