tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402829.post6718651321931678439..comments2023-10-21T11:35:09.795-03:00Comments on hearing/loss: Memorial Dayronniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14044863062652781155noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402829.post-29377256390889418362007-05-31T04:09:00.000-03:002007-05-31T04:09:00.000-03:00To capital-R Ronnie:You evidently did, and those l...To capital-R Ronnie:<BR/><BR/>You evidently did, and those lessons were evidently learned well. Bravery and self-control come across pretty clearly in your son's writing, and not at the expense of forthrightness or conviction. Since I'm more of a believer in nurture than nature, I can say this:<BR/><BR/>Congrats. You did good (as my Mom would -- rarely, but she would -- say).Sherwood Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575868746160608731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402829.post-86335942624248792032007-05-31T00:55:00.000-03:002007-05-31T00:55:00.000-03:00I would have chosen another time and place for the...I would have chosen another time and place for the lessons.<BR/><BR/>RonnieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402829.post-16872409838804173242007-05-31T00:33:00.000-03:002007-05-31T00:33:00.000-03:00You know, I'm rarely conventionally macho, but I s...You know, I'm rarely conventionally macho, but I still don't get it. What's wrong with teaching a child to be brave and show self-control?<BR/><BR/>As for propaganda uses: welcome to the world. "Propaganda" doesn't mean "wrong".Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674198657010416085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402829.post-47677395142928707052007-05-30T09:34:00.000-03:002007-05-30T09:34:00.000-03:00What I saw was a little boy thrust into an adult r...What I saw was a little boy thrust into an adult role and into the spotlight by grown-ups who should instead have protected his right to be a child...just one more young male person being taught to stifle feelings and be brave.<BR/><BR/>And of course he should be proud of his father!<BR/><BR/>RonnieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402829.post-62916007734009457532007-05-30T09:21:00.000-03:002007-05-30T09:21:00.000-03:00Carl: I don't think anybody is objecting to anythi...Carl: I don't think anybody is objecting to anything the children in these photos are doing. It is the use of their innocent gestures of respect, and/or directing them to pose in manipulated poses of respect, and then using the resulting images as pro-war propaganda that upsets people. At least, that's what I got from Ronnie and Mike's comments and that's how I feel. <BR/><BR/>Dann - ah, Dann. ronniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14044863062652781155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402829.post-28978133718021136692007-05-30T06:55:00.000-03:002007-05-30T06:55:00.000-03:00An explanation -- I was speaking as an editor as w...An explanation -- I was speaking as an editor as well as a parent. <BR/><BR/>When John Kennedy Jr. saluted his father's casket, he was actually saluting the flag, as he had been taught, but it became iconic because it was an unplanned move captured in a way that shared a moment. <BR/><BR/>But I oppose the use of children to stage such moments, whether it is handing them the flag or letting them Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16807727819590358834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402829.post-40556314807763616142007-05-30T00:29:00.000-03:002007-05-30T00:29:00.000-03:00Some of the attitude I see confuses me. The kid s...Some of the attitude I see confuses me. The kid shouldn't take pride in his father's service?<BR/><BR/>Just about the only thing I <B>do</B> respect about my father's life is his service in World War Two.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674198657010416085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402829.post-77120388239481391182007-05-29T13:41:00.000-03:002007-05-29T13:41:00.000-03:00Sorry, Ronnie. I gotta disagree. Losing either c...Sorry, Ronnie. I gotta disagree. Losing either campaign in the current conflict will result in long term harm here at home. Leaving before the job is done <I><B> is</B></I> a waste of those lost lives. I'll leave it at that.<BR/><BR/>Yup, Mike. A part of serving includes solving problems so your kids won't have to deal with them. Another part of serving is being enough of a realist to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402829.post-24197191839820979012007-05-29T05:57:00.000-03:002007-05-29T05:57:00.000-03:00We had a local guy get a bronze star, which is wor...We had a local guy get a bronze star, which is worth covering, but the photo showed his maybe-seven-year-old son in the background in fatigues, saluting. Fortunately, there was another shot that didn't include the kid. Isn't the point of going to war the hope that your children won't have to?Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16807727819590358834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402829.post-159124705642373782007-05-28T20:31:00.000-03:002007-05-28T20:31:00.000-03:00Oh, Ronnie, I know exactly what you mean. My react...Oh, Ronnie, I know exactly what you mean. My reaction was identical. The grief on his little face is so palpable and it makes me outraged, too, that such pictures are used to manipulate people into supporting the war that stole his father from him - that he has been, with the taking and distribution of that photo, turned into a prop, and into propaganda.<BR/><BR/>ronnieronniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14044863062652781155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402829.post-52144761197496551032007-05-28T19:26:00.000-03:002007-05-28T19:26:00.000-03:00Every time I see that picture of the little boy be...Every time I see that picture of the little boy being handed his father's flag (as in the blog you quoted)it makes my blood boil. I'm sure he also was being told that he is now "the man in the family" and that he should take care of his mother. That poor little child, robbed of so much, and not permitted to feel and express his own horrendous grief, confusion, anger over what he is asked to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com