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Some Food for Thought (Please Don't Thank Me for My Service)
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<blockquote data-quote="Dottleman" data-source="post: 409966" data-attributes="member: 1892"><p>I understand the sentiment, but has the "me" generation arrived at the point where they can look at someone who freely gave them their thanks and tell them it wasn't sincere enough for them? It seems the author may want to remember the the people he represented, while not pretending to understand what vets went through, may not know what else to say, so they follow convention. I think a pipeful of humility might be efficacious in this instance. I signed up, and while I was fortunate not to have had to go to war during my stint. I did it because I felt service was my duty. Any thanks I've received were graciously accepted. Numerous people during my time showed their appreciation in various ways - sometimes a verbal thank you, other times a cup of coffee while I languished in some distant airport waiting to get home on leave. I never once looked at any of these people and said, "You don't know what I've been through. Keep your thanks."</p><p></p><p>Sorry, but this kind of hits a nerve with me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dottleman, post: 409966, member: 1892"] I understand the sentiment, but has the "me" generation arrived at the point where they can look at someone who freely gave them their thanks and tell them it wasn't sincere enough for them? It seems the author may want to remember the the people he represented, while not pretending to understand what vets went through, may not know what else to say, so they follow convention. I think a pipeful of humility might be efficacious in this instance. I signed up, and while I was fortunate not to have had to go to war during my stint. I did it because I felt service was my duty. Any thanks I've received were graciously accepted. Numerous people during my time showed their appreciation in various ways - sometimes a verbal thank you, other times a cup of coffee while I languished in some distant airport waiting to get home on leave. I never once looked at any of these people and said, "You don't know what I've been through. Keep your thanks." Sorry, but this kind of hits a nerve with me. [/QUOTE]
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