Re: Bruce Springsteen: "Dixie Chicks are Getting a Raw Deal..."

Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 02:10:02 -0400
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Mary Shafer <email-address-deleted> wrote in message
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> On 26 Apr 2003 06:36:07 -0700, email-address-deleted (Kevin Brooks)
> wrote:
>
> >Knee injury or head injury--which is it? And does any of this realy
> >indicate that he did not burn his draft card in protest?
>
> In protest of what? The war? Not being able to fight? If he was 4F
> and burned his card, he would have been protesting his inability to be
> drafted or join up and, therefore, supporting the war, I suppose.
>
> I don't read Rolling Stone, I just listen to the music. Head, knee,
> who cares? Being 4F and otherwise unimpaired meant he was golden.
I can't say I ever much cared for his music, just screaming to my ear.
> How many people posting on this topic remember the days of SEA and the
> draft? I do.
As do I. Which leads me to wonder why you didn't realize 4Fs were
occasionally amongst those burning their cards.?
Umm, you do realize that "Born In The USA" is not a patriotic song?