Saturday, May 27, 2006

Goodbye, Nichola Goddard

As a female, I feel that Nichola's death brings us into a new era. Females can do a dangerous job, but, they can also be killed. That is the new reality.

If I was Nichola's father, I would be really ticked off that the media picked only the few sentences that he made about the Trenton issue and how the government has reduced access to the family crying and being overcome by their grief. There were much better statements made by Nichola's husband, mostly ignored by the press. That is just sad.

The press shows only what they want to show, they slanted this story, and they made Nichola's sacrifice into a political issue. SHAME on them. Her family is clear that they supported her military career, but the media made it into a slam Harper issue. I'm sure that Nichola's family did not mean this to happen, they just wanted their girl to be given a true military sendoff.

SHAME on the press for making this political, you did not respect Nichola, you made her death a political issue, and that is just not right. SHAME

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