Originally Posted by DarrylS

Perhaps you spend too much time reading blogs that exaggerate this stuff for some type of political agenda..

Originally Posted by State

Sir, you cut too deeply!

Originally Posted by State

I guess the question you're asking is if the Marine was in uniform. I don't know, unless I missed it in the story. But almost assuredly he was in "civvies."

But I'm willing to bet he had the clean-cut look of a guy in the military. But your question isn't very pertinent or worthwhile, IMO. Whether he was in uniform or not, he is a Marine.

And if you read the story, the PO-lice, almost assuredly in uniform, were attacked by the teenagers. So uniform or not, the punks were going after adults in authority.

Originally Posted by DarrylS

Perhaps, but why would you try to publicize that this dude was a marine.. was he wearing a uniform??, did he announce his status??..

The reality is that he was acting as a civilian at the time.. you are attempting to elicit some heartfelt response, because he was a marine.. not as a citizen who was assaulted.

Perhaps you spend too much time reading blogs that exaggerate this stuff for some type of political agenda.. you have already extrapolated it into something about schools and have pointed out that despite your claim that he was accosted, this short article does not indicate it.

For someone who was given a free education in one of the finest institutions in the country.. you did not learn how to discern between reality, half truths and hysteria.. you want to make this post into sometype of attack on a battle hardened brave marine who served this country admirably in Afghanistan by roaming bands of youths who are out of control due to flaws in the educational system and because of this our country is on a train ride to doom..

It is what it is, a citizen was attacked by a group of youths who were out of control at a really crappy movie..

Originally Posted by PatriotsReign

The fact that the man is/was a marine makes this story more interesting and heart-wrenching to me personally...as I'm sure it does with others as well.

Maybe YOU are part of the minority.....

Originally Posted by DarrylS

How does being a marine play into to this "heart wrenching" story???.. there are, have and will always be random acts of violence in this country and every country that defy explanation..

To try to make it into some type of thread of an attack on our returning warriors or use this anecdotal evidence to extrapolate into someting about our educational system or out of control youth is folly.

It is what it is, an out of control crowd, attacks two people in a theater.. all the rest is crap.

If it was a trend and this happenned 20 times a weekend to Marines in uniform, it would be concerning..

Folks need to take a critical thinking course..

Originally Posted by Harry Boy

How would you have described this situation if it had been a "Muslim A Chinese or Black Marine With Their Wife" who was attacked in a theatre in Alabama

Originally Posted by DarrylS

They would probably not have been qualified as such, thus the issue at hand. Is every salicious story preceded by someone's station in life???.. I think not, Red.. sure a rant and rave will follow.

You somehow want things to be different to fit your preconceived agenda... they are not.

Originally Posted by Harry Boy

Nope, we all know what the liberals reaction would be had that Marine & his wife been Muslims.