Ed's post took me back to 1968 when when I was a kid of 19 years old, a
solider and a dog handler in Vietnam serving with the 34th Scout Dog
Division, also known as the Eyes and Ears of the 1st Cavalry Division.
Skin color among our ranks meant nothing. Many of my friends were black. We
counted on each other to protect each other and our dogs. We were Soliders!
On Sunday, June 12, 2016, Redacted sender bokenkampgsd1 for DMARC <
dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Longest post you have ever put on.......I think, but good message.
Stormy will probably slap my wrist, I don't usually stray. My doctor in
Canada for many years was
Jamaican...great guy (his call name was Guy also). friend from TX went
with me once when I had an
appointment and when I came out, they said "my God, your doctor is
black!!". I said "Is he??"
In our dog world we only ever seem to see colour when it comes to the
standard, as it should be.
Devastated about the incident in Orlando......so sorry for the families
and friends involved.
FB...remember those that either annoy or anger you control you........I
seldom get upset anymore.
Time to make someone smile.......
Molly
Trillia GSD's since 1972 bokenkampgsd1@xxxxxxx
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Member GSDCC (and membership chair), GSDCA, Life member CKC
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Sent: Sun, Jun 12, 2016 11:35 am
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Showing dogs and The Oakland Raiders. Long
Because there is very limited conversation these past few months on the
scheduled topic that this list was created for I have decided to take yet
another "Liberty" of straying away from topic subjects, so I will apologize
in advance for doing so! I wake up this morning after a very long Saturday
of cooking and fellowshipping with other BBQ teams of all backgrounds,
ethnics, political views, genders, and faiths.....and I learn of yet
another horrific devastating mass shooting, perhaps the worst in our
nation's history. It APPEARS that the shooting scene was targeted and aimed
at a segment of society whose views were in conflict with his. So a
weapon of mass destruction was needed to convince them that he was right
and they were wrong. I grew up in the 60's in a time of the racial riots of
Los Angeles ( Watts) Detroit and a few others. The Black Panthers were born
in the same city I was in the late 60's. I attended an all black school
until my family moved from Oakland CA to Hayward CA in 1964. I pretty much
lived a segregated life style. Even though my father ( a black Cherokee
Indian) experienced a childhood of racism and discrimination he did NOT let
that influence how he raised his three children. I still grew up thinking
that most white folks did not care for black folks and most black folks did
not care for white folks! I did not grow up seeing these two groups
interacting pleasantly with each other on a regular basis..... Until I went
to an Oakland Raider game in 1967... I was almost 14 years old! I saw folks
of ALL colors screaming and hugging each other! Slapping hands all because
they were united as ONE in cheering on this football team dressed in Silver
and Black! I had never before seen these two groups acting like they were
all one giant family! Perhaps that's why I love going to dog shows ( God
knows it ain't because I win).. Gay folks and Straight folks and black
folks and white folks and rich folks and poor folks ... The Cuban Doctor,
the Jewish layer, the white family with BLACK children, the gay nurses, the
Indian CEO from Canada... Everybody is welcome... How much better would our
world be if it operated on the principles of the dog show! My goal this
week is to see how long I can go without getting angry or upset at any one
for any reason....Ed Hill
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