no good deed goes unpunished

[rone]

When Marine Lance Cpl. David Battle learned he'd either have to sacrifice his ring finger or the wedding band he wore, he told doctors at a field hospital in Iraq to cut off the finger.

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With his approval, doctors severed his finger, but somehow in the chaos that followed, they lost his ring.

<kanzen> odds are he's going to get divorced next year
<kanzen> his wife is probably cheating on him right now

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[skipernicus.livejournal.com]

That's got to be the dumbest thing I ever heard.

I have to agree with the person who said American's have trouble telling the difference between symbols and what they represent.

But the point that everyone seems to glide by so easily is this: I'm 19 years old, and I'm being blown to bits - but for what?