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Person Who Ripped On Tillman Apologizes
roboman
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http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=1792673
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AMHERST, Mass. -- A University of Massachusetts at Amherst graduate student has apologized to Pat Tillman's family.
Rene Gonzalez wrote a column for the campus paper saying the football player-turned-soldier who died in combat in Afghanistan wasn't a hero -- but rather a "G.I. Joe guy who got what was coming to him."
Gonzalez did not respond to telephone and e-mail messages left Thursday by The Associated Press, but in an e-mail to Boston's WBZ-TV, he apologized to the Tillman family "for all the pain that my article has brought them."
Gonzalez said he was trying to convey that Tillman's celebrity came into play when the former Arizona Cardinals player was labeled a hero.
"I felt that his celebrity had been a factor in American society calling him a 'hero,' and I felt American society had arrived at that conclusion without much thinking, but rather as some sort of patriotic 'knee-jerk' into hero worship," he wrote. "That was my point. I did it [admittedly] in such an insensitive way, that the article was not worth publishing."
UMass president Jack Wilson issued a statement saying the comments in The Daily Collegian on Wednesday were "a disgusting, arrogant and intellectually immature attack on a human being who died in service to his country."
The newspaper's editorial board ran a letter to readers in Thursday's edition saying Gonzalez's views do not reflect The Collegian's opinion.
Still not enough of an apology.[:(!][:(!]
"The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long..."
quote:
AMHERST, Mass. -- A University of Massachusetts at Amherst graduate student has apologized to Pat Tillman's family.
Rene Gonzalez wrote a column for the campus paper saying the football player-turned-soldier who died in combat in Afghanistan wasn't a hero -- but rather a "G.I. Joe guy who got what was coming to him."
Gonzalez did not respond to telephone and e-mail messages left Thursday by The Associated Press, but in an e-mail to Boston's WBZ-TV, he apologized to the Tillman family "for all the pain that my article has brought them."
Gonzalez said he was trying to convey that Tillman's celebrity came into play when the former Arizona Cardinals player was labeled a hero.
"I felt that his celebrity had been a factor in American society calling him a 'hero,' and I felt American society had arrived at that conclusion without much thinking, but rather as some sort of patriotic 'knee-jerk' into hero worship," he wrote. "That was my point. I did it [admittedly] in such an insensitive way, that the article was not worth publishing."
UMass president Jack Wilson issued a statement saying the comments in The Daily Collegian on Wednesday were "a disgusting, arrogant and intellectually immature attack on a human being who died in service to his country."
The newspaper's editorial board ran a letter to readers in Thursday's edition saying Gonzalez's views do not reflect The Collegian's opinion.
Still not enough of an apology.[:(!][:(!]
"The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long..."
Comments
PJ
If nobody seen you do it, how could you have done it. NRA Life Member, AF&AM
Men have passed on...knowledge...yet in politcs, statecraft, and social relationships we continue to repeat old mistakes.
It is a thing I must remember, that men must always remember, that civilization is a flimsy cloak, and just outside are hunger, thirst, and cold.....waiting. L'Amour
I can understand being opposed to the war. I disagree, but I understand having that opinion. But saying what Gonzalez did in print is indefensable. His remarks went beyond criticism of national policy and were personally hurtful and demeaning. His comments were insulting to members of the military in general and to Tillman's family in particular. I think Gonzalez is a tiny man who has benefitted from the sacrifices of others without ever having had to make any of his own. He's also not very bright if he didn't see what the reaction to his comments would be. I'm sure he was shocked at the outrage expressed. It never crossed his mind that most people would not agree with him, or that those in opposition would dare to speak up. Typical liberal thinking.
What disturbs me the most is that his type, those who live sheltered lives with no concept of what it's like in the real world, are the ones now seeking public office and filling the ranks of the news media. Gonzalez needs to get a clue.
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
Well said Mr. John Stuart Mill
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That why we have the 1st Amendment...you can say what or print whatever you want....and no one has to agree with it. The first amendment is just as important as the 2nd and all of the other amendments.
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I'd love to see him go into a bar near any Army base and apologize.
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referring to the M1 Garand
And that brings up another point about this scumbags weak attempt at an apology to the Tillman family, where is his apology for all the anti American statements he made in his article? I notice the little communist meanie didn't retract any of those![:(!]
The word "meanie" in the above sentence is not mine. The forum replaced the word I used to describe someone born out of wedlock! I wish it had not been changed, but I understand.
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and having the character he exuded,that would
take him out of the left leaning, socialist,
kerry backing democraps. A good man lost!
Woods
"... there is much truth in the Italian saying, 'Make yourselves sheep, and the wolves will eat you.'" -- Benjamin Franklin
"You cannot conquer America." -William Pitt, 1777
Also, I would like to comment on the derrogatory referance the writer made to minorities joining the military for scholorship money. I realize this is the view foreginers have of our military, poor inner city youths that join because we pay them money and help them with affording schooling. They believe our soldiers are week becasue they are only in the military for the money. We do not conscript citizens for mandatory military service like some nations. They CHOOSE to serve their nation and in return, are not only compensated with wages and salaries, but also educated, and provided the opertunity through government sponsership to further educate themselves in public universities and colleges.
And as far as the whole Tillman thing goes, I'll give you my two cents. What we personally would have done if we were in his shoes is not the case. The guy could have been the biggest bully or gentleman in real life, I don't know. What I do know is he gave up allot of money to serve his nation, what his personal reasons for doing this I don't beleive is important. The guy chose to serve his country and for this reason deserves our utmost respect as do all poeple that CHOSE to. He was apperantly a known sports figure, so the media will capitalize on his death, ever after something to sensationalize.
In my opinion he is no better nor does he deserve anymore respect or attention than any one else who has payed the price of freedom.
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