Once again, I add words of encouragement for the original author. This thread, along with the other casualty one, are the 2 most important threads on the board.

No one here is trying to push a political agenda, except probaly the ones who are whining about how the placemarks are cluttering their view of the crop circles & secret underground bases.

If it upsets anyone when some of us choose to not forget those who died for service & freedom, then just don't read the thread, don't download the attachment, & turn your layers off until you zoom in on whatever you're wanting to look at. If you're trying to look at an entire country or state, you don't need them turned on anyway.

And please quit disrespecting the dead, & insulting the families, by needless comments such as by mthd0 & syncr0.

And remember too, a large percentage of GE members are either former servicemen & servicewomen of their respective countries, and/or have friends or family currently in theater. I, myself, fall into all 3 of those catagories.

When you say you'd rather not be bothered with un-necessary placemarks honoring fallen soldiers, because you have something more important to look at, many of us may just take that as a personal insult.

Maybe the Mods will see fit to remove this post, which would be fine...but I've never been guilty of keeping my mouth shut when it comes to stuff like this.

Now, have a peachy day.