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    Suffolk (MA) University Law School professor Michael Avery tells us:

    I think it is shameful that it is perceived as legitimate to solicit in an academic institution for support for men and women who have gone overseas to kill other human beings.
    Link:

    http://blog.usni.org/2011/11/14/civi...-divide-contd/

    I loved this from the comments following the post:

    He probably has a nice house and clean drinking water – unlike the victims of the Christmas Tsunami or the last Haiti earthquake. Remember the aid delivered by the U.S. military. That wasn’t a “law school” sitting off Haiti, professor, nor was it a gaggle of lawyers delivering food and water to Banda Aceh . . . or flocks of attorneys on the US Navy Hospital Ships Mercy and Comfort.
    Col. Klink: "Staff officers are so clever."
    Gen. Burkhalter: "Klink, I am a staff officer."
    Col. Klink: "I didn't mean you sir, you're not clever."
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