... from a message on my West Point list serve today. If necessary, you can substitute "she" and "her" for "he" and "him". ----- jim o\-S

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With our now ongoing war, many of us will encounter "Peace Activists" who will try to convince us that we must refrain from retaliating against the ones who terrorized us all on September 11, 2001, and those who support terror. These activists may be alone or in a gathering ... most of us don't know how to react to them. When you come upon one of these people, or one of their rallies, here are the proper rules of etiquette:

1. Listen politely while this person explains his views. Strike up a conversation if necessary and look very interested in his ideas. He will tell you how revenge is immoral and that, by attacking the people who did this to us, we will only bring on more violence. He will probably use many arguments, ranging from political to religious to humanitarian.

2. In the middle of his remarks, without any warning, punch him in the nose.

3. When he gets up off the ground, he will be very angry and may try to hit you, so be careful.

4. Very quickly and calmly remind him that violence only brings about more violence and remind him of his stand on this matter. Tell him if he is really committed to a nonviolent approach to undeserved attacks, he will turn the other cheek and negotiate a solution. Tell him he must lead by example if he really believes what he is saying.

5. Most such people will think for a moment and then agree that you are correct.

6. As soon as he does that, hit him again. Only this time hit him much harder. Square in the nose.

7. Repeat steps 2-5 until the desired results are obtained and the idiot realizes how stupid an argument he is making.

8. There is no difference in an individual attacking an unsuspecting victim or a group of terrorists attacking a nation of people. It is unacceptable and must be dealt with. Perhaps at a high cost.

We owe our military a huge debt for what they are doing for us and our children. We must support them and our leaders at times like these. We have no choice. We either strike back, VERY HARD, or we will keep getting hit in the nose.

Lesson over, class dismissed.