> Here's a quote from a government employee 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 (20-ish)
> 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,
> "Lady, don't you care about the children of
> Iraq ?"
>
> The old woman looked up at her and said,
> "Honey, my father died in
> France during World War II, I lost my husband
> in Korea , and a son in Vietnam .
>
> All three died 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."
>
>
> ~God Bless America ~
