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Tigress
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| Posted 12/3/2003 9:09 AM (GMT -6) |   | I'm just passing this one along, so draw your own conclusions.
Target Stores & American Vets?
Vietnam Veterans Association - By Dick Forrey
We asked our local Target store to be a sponsor of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall during our spring recognition event. We received back a reply from Target management that "veterans do not meet our area of giving. We only donate to the areas of the arts, social actions, gay and lesbian causes, and education."
My thought: If the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, and veterans in general, do not meet their donation criteria, something is wrong at Target. We were not asking for thousands of dollars, not even hundreds, but simply sponsorship of an endorsement for a memorial remembrance.
As a follow-up, I e-mailed the corporate headquarters and their response was the same.
Personally, I will NOT be purchasing anything at Target Stores again. If the Vietnam Veteran or Veterans in general do not meet their area of giving, then why should I, as a Vietnam veteran, spend my hard earned money in their stores?
TARGET IS FRENCH OWNED! WHAT A SURPRISE!
Target will also not allow the Marines to collect for "Toys For Tots" during the holidays.
Tigress 
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chestertonian
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| Posted 12/4/2003 1:29 AM (GMT -6) | | I think if you're a liberal humanist (as the French mostly are) you probably wouldn't approve of the American Army. As a Christian one wouldn't approve of any army.
Maybe Target think that the right wing give enough to the military, and they have other priorities? Anyone who thinks a "Vietnam veteran" is a good thing to be probably has moral isssues anyway. | | Back to Top | | |
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chestertonian
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chestertonian
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| Posted 12/4/2003 5:06 AM (GMT -6) | | | You're talking to the nation who invented cricket. Have you ever tried watching cricket? | | Back to Top | | |
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chestertonian
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| Posted 12/4/2003 5:28 AM (GMT -6) | | | Cricket's much better as a national game though. It takes three days, or at least the whole afternoon, no-one gets dirty, it's all based on counties. You can go to the bar and miss nothing even if there's a queue. And the rules are called 'the Laws of Cricket'. Superb. | | Back to Top | | |
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honorman
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| Posted 12/4/2003 6:45 AM (GMT -6) | | | It is easy for someone who has the freedom of speech given to him by the presense of a military standing in his country to talk about Christians not supporting armies. Apparently, hypocrisy is not only in the higher realms of the church. | | Back to Top | | |
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chestertonian
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| Posted 12/4/2003 10:41 PM (GMT -6) | | | honorman, kindly refrain from calling me a hypocrite. We could discuss whether it is hypocritical to call oneself a Christian while supporting murder. Then it would most likely degenerate into name-calling. Unless you would like to discuss the morality of war? I'm quite happy to do so. | | Back to Top | | |
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Jim Mottl
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| Posted 12/5/2003 5:06 PM (GMT -6) | | quote:
Originally posted by Tigress
I'm just passing this one along, so draw your own conclusions.
Target Stores & American Vets?
Vietnam Veterans Association - By Dick Forrey
We asked our local Target store to be a sponsor of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall during our spring recognition event. We received back a reply from Target management that "veterans do not meet our area of giving. We only donate to the areas of the arts, social actions, gay and lesbian causes, and education."
My thought: If the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, and veterans in general, do not meet their donation criteria, something is wrong at Target. We were not asking for thousands of dollars, not even hundreds, but simply sponsorship of an endorsement for a memorial remembrance.
As a follow-up, I e-mailed the corporate headquarters and their response was the same.
Personally, I will NOT be purchasing anything at Target Stores again. If the Vietnam Veteran or Veterans in general do not meet their area of giving, then why should I, as a Vietnam veteran, spend my hard earned money in their stores?
TARGET IS FRENCH OWNED! WHAT A SURPRISE!
Target will also not allow the Marines to collect for "Toys For Tots" during the holidays.
Don't forget that Target is that purchasing decider for Marshall Field's, and Marshall Field's currently carries a product called FCUK perfume that they are disgustingly marketing. The have a website called www.scenttobed.com that if you register your email address you could win a free T-shirt! So I don't go to Target for that reason, but now I have 2 reasons. Thanks!
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Tigress
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| Posted 12/11/2003 9:23 AM (GMT -6) | | quote:
Originally posted by Jim_Mottl
quote:
Originally posted by Tigress
I'm just passing this one along, so draw your own conclusions.
Target Stores & American Vets?
Vietnam Veterans Association - By Dick Forrey
We asked our local Target store to be a sponsor of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall during our spring recognition event. We received back a reply from Target management that "veterans do not meet our area of giving. We only donate to the areas of the arts, social actions, gay and lesbian causes, and education."
My thought: If the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, and veterans in general, do not meet their donation criteria, something is wrong at Target. We were not asking for thousands of dollars, not even hundreds, but simply sponsorship of an endorsement for a memorial remembrance.
As a follow-up, I e-mailed the corporate headquarters and their response was the same.
Personally, I will NOT be purchasing anything at Target Stores again. If the Vietnam Veteran or Veterans in general do not meet their area of giving, then why should I, as a Vietnam veteran, spend my hard earned money in their stores?
TARGET IS FRENCH OWNED! WHAT A SURPRISE!
Target will also not allow the Marines to collect for "Toys For Tots" during the holidays.
Don't forget that Target is that purchasing decider for Marshall Field's, and Marshall Field's currently carries a product called FCUK perfume that they are disgustingly marketing. The have a website called www.scenttobed.com that if you register your email address you could win a free T-shirt! So I don't go to Target for that reason, but now I have 2 reasons. Thanks!
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Jim
Jim,
This link Laika posted showed that Target was not guilty of what the author of this letter accused them of. You should check it out before boycotting Target.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/target.asp
Tigress
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