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Originally Posted by Snapolit1
+1. I appreciate vets and thank them. I don't like seeing it monetized as a business factor. My dad was a vet and a hero police officer and he was the last person to mention either of them. And my alarm bells go off real high when someone wants to use veteran status for some commercial or as a prestige factor and then refuses to provide their real name like most people on this board have. My experience in life is that the true heroes are people who never bring it up, and the people who bring it it up nonstop are more often than not working some kind of angle.
Joe could be a real nice guy and a good guy to deal with and the veteran thing could still be a complete crock. Guess no one will know any more than that.
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Speak for yourself when you state, "Guess no one will know any more than that." There are many who know that Joe is totally on the up and up. And Joe did provide his real name. I assume you are implying that somehow he would have been more legit if he had provided a last name, which is not an obligation in order to post here. I know our minds tend to gravitate to the worst possible scenario but most of us are civilians and have not served in the military. Think for a moment that there might possibly be other reasons why Joe does not want to put his last name all over the internet. And As Peter suggested, you could have taken a few minutes to contact Joe directly which in all likelihood would have resolved your concerns. I know it is a lot more fun to speculate and act on those speculations but you invested enough time reading, following and contributing to the post, what harm would it be to make a quick call?