Kirsten:

There is no need to be yelling like that. She tried to argue him out of it and he believed it was his duty. You may be in a position to judge what the right degree of violence you would like to use on your own son under such circumstances is, but I don't think you have the right to accuse Cindy Sheehan of not being you; she never signed up to be you. Her protest was overruled by his self determination. She did not SEND him anywhere -- to the contrary she exerted herself to stop him from going; but she respected his decision. I think, had she to make the same choice over again, she might indeed see your reaosning. But also bear in mind that in her case it would have been assault and battery against an adult, legally, regardless of the maternal relationship.

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