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ORIGINAL: landabee

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ORIGINAL: mapachito13

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ORIGINAL: landabee

As the OP: I have a few things to say.

1) Keep it Civil. I do not wish to have this thread degenerate into another name calling thread.

2) The topic is Mr. Helms.

Mr.


Helms.


3) Not Mr. Wright. Not Mr. Obama. Not Mr. Carlin.

4) Use this thread to discuss Mr. Helms' life, politics, public service and your views regarding him.


I am sick and tired of every single solitary thread in current events being controlled and usurped by malcontents with nothing better to do than bring every subject around to their pet peeves.

This is not a discussion of contemporary people in America that are liberal or conservative.

Again: if you can not be civil.......... perhaps this isn't the thread for you.

If the the thread withers and dies........... better than more of the vitriolic bickering.

One does not have to be disagreeable to disagree. Give it a try.

~landabee

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I'll let your own words speak for themselves! I hope you can appreciate the irony!

It isn't ironic in the least. It is customary within many cultures, not just America to speak of a persons life and deeds posthumously.

The fact that the actions of some of the posters that have shown up has been called on the carpet is not the equivalent to name calling. One only need look around the board at their posts to see that identifying a behavior isn't the same as name calling.

That said: I assume that you have nothing further to say about the topic.

If so, please do so. If not... this may not be the thread for you.


davemiller:

I hope what you heard was correct about Mr. Helms in the later years. That is the first that I've heard that said.

No one, not one is too far from God's reach.

However, he did do some things that weren't so great. I see nothing wrong with discussing those, as well as any of the things that he did that were progressive and honor worthy.

Sadly, thus far.........not many have been lionized or identified.