7/29/2005

One Way to Answer Anti-war Protesters

My boss received this via e-mail. I told him I was going to use it as a post. He said go right ahead. I love where I work!!


I Love Grandmas

Here's a quote from someone who witnessed a recent interaction between an elderly woman and an antiwar protester in a Metro station in DC

"There were protesters on the train platform handing out pamphlets on the evils of America. I politely declined to take one. An elderly woman was behind me getting off the escalator and a young (20ish) female protester offered her a pamphlet, which she politely declined.
The young protester put her hand on the old woman's shoulder as a gesture of friendship and in a very soft voice said, "Ma'am, don't you care about the children of Iraq?"

The old woman looked up at her and said, "Honey, my first husband died in France during World War II, my second husband died in Korea, one of my sons died in Vietnam, a Grandson died in Desert Storm, all so you could have the right to stand here and bad mouth our country. If you touch me again. I'll stick this umbrella up your ass and open it."

3 Comments:

Blogger Esther said...

Right on! She's my new hero. :)

11:38 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

esther,

You know, I could picture my mom and aunt doing something like that.

4:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Er, meant to say saying something like that.

4:01 AM  

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