July 11, 2004
LOVE FOR THE WOUNDED
You may have heard about a Jason Gilson, a veteran who served in Iraq, and was verbally assaulted during a Bainbridge Island 4th of July parade. Go read the whole story, if you haven't already, and get your stomach turned.
Now that you're pissed off, what are you going to do about it?
How about sending Jason and his mother Tamar a supportive e-mail?
Doesn't have to be anything fancy, just that you heard their story, were appalled, and you wanted to let them know that they have plenty of supporters across the nation.
Sondra of SondraK.com has obtained Jason's e-mail:
Let's start flooding his inbox with the support he SHOULD'VE gotten along the parade route.
Excerpt: What happened out on Bainbridge Island is a disgrace. These people forget who protects their freedom to say those words but even that is something they have the right to do. I daresay they have the obligation not to, both to the people who protect ou...
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Tracked: July 12, 2004 12:17 AM
Excerpt: Harvey at Bad Example points out that Sondra K. has veteran Jason Gilson's email address. He's the veteran who was marching in the parade and was called baby-killer and murderer and received no support from the announcers of the parade.
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Tracked: July 12, 2004 09:39 AM
Thank you, Harvey.
This story has been haunting me. I'm so glad we can do a little something that will make a huge difference, I'm sure.














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