I am sure that this is nice, but in fact it is chain mail. Thank you for not putting in all sorts of scary stuff if we do not resend it.
I have boundless respect for our Military, no matter where they serve(d), but you gotta think; this list is seen by people all over the world who own 7K's, many of whom are not American or Christian, and many? who are Christian do not celebrate it with Santa Claus, but perhaps with Jesus of Nazareth, who in fact was likely a Pacifist. Many may be of other religions (Islam, Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish, etc) which do not celebrate Christmas at all, and may find a message like this slightly irritating to completely offensive. I am sure you folks fighting against the "War on Christmas" will get all up in arms, but, honestly, there are other religions in the world than yours.
Curiously, I, and I think most of us, signed up to this list to get information on Icom IC-7000 radios, exchange info, and other stuff about our radios. Some might see a post like this, no matter how innocent or well meaning, a waste of time and an irritant.
Honestly, Facebook is a fine place to share something like this, and I am sure that other groups might be more appropriate, but his just isn't the place; it is a group for sharing about the IC-7000 radio.
This is said with respect, but there it is. 73 de KC4BO
On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 2:13 PM, rick (bear) giles <rlbrgiles@...> wrote:
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This is good. Thanks to all who serve
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Myra Giles <zmomone@...>Date: Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 6:00 PM
Subject: Re: T'was the Night... To: Rita Rogers < rmprogers@...>
Amen
On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 9:38 PM, Rita Rogers <rmprogers@...> wrote:
Yes - Thank you
T'WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, HE LIVED ALL ALONE, IN A ONE BEDROOM HOUSE, MADE OF PLASTER AND STONE. I HAD COME DOWN THE CHIMNEY, WITH PRESENTS TO GIVE, AND TO SEE JUST WHO, IN THIS HOME, DID LIVE. I LOOKED ALL ABOUT, A STRANGE SIGHT I DID SEE, NO TINSEL, NO PRESENTS, NOT EVEN A TREE. NO STOCKING BY MANTLE, JUST BOOTS FILLED WITH SAND, ON THE WALL HUNG PICTURES, OF FAR DISTANT LANDS. WITH MEDALS AND BADGES, AWARDS OF ALL KINDS, A SOBER THOUGHT, CAME THROUGH MY MIND. FOR THIS HOUSE WAS DIFFERENT, IT WAS DARK AND DREARY, I FOUND THE HOME OF A SOLDIER, ONCE I COULD SEE CLEARLY. THE SOLDIER LAY SLEEPING, SILENT, ALONE, CURLED UP ON THE FLOOR, IN THIS ONE BEDROOM HOME. THE FACE WAS SO GENTLE, THE ROOM IN DISORDER, NOT HOW I PICTURED, A TRUE BRITISH SOLDIER. WAS THIS THE HERO, OF WHOM I'D JUST READ? CURLED UP ON A PONCHO, THE FLOOR FOR A BED? I REALISED THE
FAMILIES THAT I SAW THIS NIGHT, OWED THEIR LIVES TO THESE SOLDIERS, WHO WERE WILLING TO FIGHT. SOON ROUND THE WORLD, THE CHILDREN WOULD PLAY, AND GROWNUPS WOULD CELEBRATE, A BRIGHT CHRISTMAS DAY. THEY ALL ENJOYED FREEDOM, EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR, BECAUSE OF THE SOLDIERS, LIKE THE ONE LYING HERE. I COULDN'T HELP WONDER, HOW MANY LAY ALONE, ON A COLD CHRISTMAS EVE, IN A LAND FAR FROM HOME. THE VERY THOUGHT BROUGHT, A TEAR TO MY EYE, I DROPPED TO MY KNEES, AND STARTED TO CRY. THE SOLDIER AWAKENED, AND I HEARD A ROUGH VOICE, "SANTA DON'T CRY, THIS LIFE IS MY CHOICE; I FIGHT FOR FREEDOM, I DON'T ASK FOR MORE, MY LIFE IS MY GOD, MY COUNTRY, MY CORPS." THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER, AND DRIFTED TO SLEEP, I COULDN'T CONTROL IT, I CONTINUED TO WEEP. I KEPT WATCH FOR HOURS, SO SILENT AND STILL, AND WE BOTH SHIVERED, FROM THE COLD NIGHT'S CHILL. I DID NOT WANT TO LEAVE, ON THAT COLD, DARK, NIGHT, THIS GUARDIAN OF HONOR, SO WILLING TO FIGHT. THEN THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER,
WITH A VOICE SOFT AND PURE, WHISPERED, "CARRY ON SANTA, IT'S CHRISTMAS DAY, ALL IS SECURE." ONE LOOK AT MY WATCH, AND I KNEW HE WAS RIGHT. "MERRY CHRISTMAS MY FRIEND, AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT."?
This poem was written by a Peacekeeping soldier stationed overseas. The following is his request. I think it is reasonable PLEASE. Would you do me the kind favour of sending this to as many people as you can? Christmas will be coming soon and some credit is due to all of the service men and women for our being able to celebrate these festivities. Let's try in this small way to pay a tiny bit of what we owe. Make people stop and think of our heroes, living and dead, who sacrificed themselves for us. Please, do your small part to plant this small seed.
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I just delete political and religious material......It is far easier than reading it...... de Don w1nv
To: ic7000@... CC: acshelton@...; ad7ki@...; bleist08@...; moyersdarrell@...; david-phillips@...; dpatty@...; Tinybubbles1414@...; floyd@...; fwarrensr@...; lemialemia@...; lraven54@...; moyersstephani@...; ron.hankla@...; russell1155@...; sissylove1980@...; sdcalhoun@...; sntaos@...; W6HB@...; wallyb1511@... From: anetherton@... Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2013 16:03:07 -0500 Subject: Re: [IC-7000] Fw: Fwd: T'was the Night...
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I am sure that this is nice, but in fact it is chain mail. Thank you for not putting in all sorts of scary stuff if we do not resend it.
I have boundless respect for our Military, no matter where they serve(d), but you gotta think; this list is seen by people all over the world who own 7K's, many of whom are not American or Christian, and many? who are Christian do not celebrate it with Santa Claus, but perhaps with Jesus of Nazareth, who in fact was likely a Pacifist. Many may be of other religions (Islam, Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish, etc) which do not celebrate Christmas at all, and may find a message like this slightly irritating to completely offensive. I am sure you folks fighting against the "War on Christmas" will get all up in arms, but, honestly, there are other religions in the world than yours.
Curiously, I, and I think most of us, signed up to this list to get information on Icom IC-7000 radios, exchange info, and other stuff about our radios. Some might see a post like this, no matter how innocent or well meaning, a waste of time and an irritant.
Honestly, Facebook is a fine place to share something like this, and I am sure that other groups might be more appropriate, but his just isn't the place; it is a group for sharing about the IC-7000 radio.
This is said with respect, but there it is. 73 de KC4BO
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On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 2:13 PM, rick (bear) giles <rlbrgiles@...> wrote:
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This is good. Thanks to all who serve
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Myra Giles <zmomone@...>Date: Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 6:00 PM
Subject: Re: T'was the Night... To: Rita Rogers < rmprogers@...>
Amen
On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 9:38 PM, Rita Rogers <rmprogers@...> wrote:
Yes - Thank you
T'WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, HE LIVED ALL ALONE, IN A ONE BEDROOM HOUSE, MADE OF PLASTER AND STONE. I HAD COME DOWN THE CHIMNEY, WITH PRESENTS TO GIVE, AND TO SEE JUST WHO, IN THIS HOME, DID LIVE. I LOOKED ALL ABOUT, A STRANGE SIGHT I DID SEE, NO TINSEL, NO PRESENTS, NOT EVEN A TREE. NO STOCKING BY MANTLE, JUST BOOTS FILLED WITH SAND, ON THE WALL HUNG PICTURES, OF FAR DISTANT LANDS. WITH MEDALS AND BADGES, AWARDS OF ALL KINDS, A SOBER THOUGHT, CAME THROUGH MY MIND. FOR THIS HOUSE WAS DIFFERENT, IT WAS DARK AND DREARY, I FOUND THE HOME OF A SOLDIER, ONCE I COULD SEE CLEARLY. THE SOLDIER LAY SLEEPING, SILENT, ALONE, CURLED UP ON THE FLOOR, IN THIS ONE BEDROOM HOME. THE FACE WAS SO GENTLE, THE ROOM IN DISORDER, NOT HOW I PICTURED, A TRUE BRITISH SOLDIER. WAS THIS THE HERO, OF WHOM I'D JUST READ? CURLED UP ON A PONCHO, THE FLOOR FOR A BED? I REALISED THE
FAMILIES THAT I SAW THIS NIGHT, OWED THEIR LIVES TO THESE SOLDIERS, WHO WERE WILLING TO FIGHT. SOON ROUND THE WORLD, THE CHILDREN WOULD PLAY, AND GROWNUPS WOULD CELEBRATE, A BRIGHT CHRISTMAS DAY. THEY ALL ENJOYED FREEDOM, EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR, BECAUSE OF THE SOLDIERS, LIKE THE ONE LYING HERE. I COULDN'T HELP WONDER, HOW MANY LAY ALONE, ON A COLD CHRISTMAS EVE, IN A LAND FAR FROM HOME. THE VERY THOUGHT BROUGHT, A TEAR TO MY EYE, I DROPPED TO MY KNEES, AND STARTED TO CRY. THE SOLDIER AWAKENED, AND I HEARD A ROUGH VOICE, "SANTA DON'T CRY, THIS LIFE IS MY CHOICE; I FIGHT FOR FREEDOM, I DON'T ASK FOR MORE, MY LIFE IS MY GOD, MY COUNTRY, MY CORPS." THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER, AND DRIFTED TO SLEEP, I COULDN'T CONTROL IT, I CONTINUED TO WEEP. I KEPT WATCH FOR HOURS, SO SILENT AND STILL, AND WE BOTH SHIVERED, FROM THE COLD NIGHT'S CHILL. I DID NOT WANT TO LEAVE, ON THAT COLD, DARK, NIGHT, THIS GUARDIAN OF HONOR, SO WILLING TO FIGHT. THEN THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER,
WITH A VOICE SOFT AND PURE, WHISPERED, "CARRY ON SANTA, IT'S CHRISTMAS DAY, ALL IS SECURE." ONE LOOK AT MY WATCH, AND I KNEW HE WAS RIGHT. "MERRY CHRISTMAS MY FRIEND, AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT."?
This poem was written by a Peacekeeping soldier stationed overseas. The following is his request. I think it is reasonable PLEASE. Would you do me the kind favour of sending this to as many people as you can? Christmas will be coming soon and some credit is due to all of the service men and women for our being able to celebrate these festivities. Let's try in this small way to pay a tiny bit of what we owe. Make people stop and think of our heroes, living and dead, who sacrificed themselves for us. Please, do your small part to plant this small seed.
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