# Sheehan encounter **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 30, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheehan-encounter/519491 "2009-11-30T17:34:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheehan-encounter/519491/1 "2009-11-30T17:34:26Z")
Saw snippets of this yesterday on the news. Couldn’t hear everything that was said. What the hell is Cindy complaining about now? ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheehan-encounter/519491/2 "2009-11-30T17:36:22Z")
> [@BigBertha](#): > > Saw snippets of this yesterday on the news. Couldn’t hear everything that was said. What the hell is Cindy complaining about now? Despite the staggering amount of information in your post, I gotta say “Beats me.” ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheehan-encounter/519491/3 "2009-11-30T17:37:46Z")
Some old man was rude to her is all I got. But thanks for your informative post. ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheehan-encounter/519491/4 "2009-11-30T17:43:30Z")
While this thread may wind up back in the Pit, right now it’s just a question. I’m going to start it off in MPSIMS. The moderators there are free to move it elsewhere or return it here. **Gfactor** Pit Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheehan-encounter/519491/5 "2009-11-30T17:45:20Z")
> [@BigBertha](#): > > Some old man was rude to her is all I got. But thanks for your informative post. It’s not really my job to provide information, it’s yours. You wrote the OP. What, exactly, are you talking about? ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheehan-encounter/519491/6 "2009-11-30T17:47:18Z")
> [@BigBertha](#): > > Some old man was rude to her is all I got. But thanks for your informative post. Wait - you’re complaining that **Contrapuntal** had a post with no information? Are you serious? ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheehan-encounter/519491/7 "2009-11-30T17:48:19Z")
[This link](http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2009/11/29/kovr.ca.sheehan.protest.kovr.html) may be relevant. I don’t know though because I couldn’t be bothered to watch it. I figured I’d expend about as much energy on answering the OPs question as they did. I may have overdone it, though. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheehan-encounter/519491/8 "2009-11-30T17:48:59Z")
> [@BigBertha](#): > > Saw snippets of this yesterday on the news. Couldn’t hear everything that was said. What the hell is Cindy complaining about now? She’s complaining about the lack of links in the posts of her favorite messageboard. ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheehan-encounter/519491/9 "2009-11-30T18:08:29Z")
… I was thinking she became a birther or something … ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheehan-encounter/519491/10 "2009-11-30T18:16:28Z")
> [@BigBertha](#): > > What the hell is Cindy complaining about now? I know, she is such a whiner! Lots of people had children slain in wars that were completely unnecessary, but they weren’t so tasteless as to complain. ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheehan-encounter/519491/11 "2009-11-30T18:18:07Z")
Complaining won’t do one thing. Whats a birther? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheehan-encounter/519491/12 "2009-11-30T18:24:31Z")
> [@BigBertha](#): > > Complaining won’t do one thing. I disagree. The more noise is made about stuff like that, the less politically possible it will be for future presidents to start unnecessary wars. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheehan-encounter/519491/13 "2009-11-30T18:24:39Z")
Do we have a topic? A general direction? Anything? **BigBertha** , who are you talking about, and what is the issue at hand? Let’s have one or I’m closing the thread. **Ellen Cherry MPSIMS Moderator** ---
**Author:** ![Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber_in_Treasury)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheehan-encounter/519491/14 "2009-11-30T19:52:22Z")
> [@BigBertha](#): > > Whats a birther? Google “oily taint”.😉 ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheehan-encounter/519491/15 "2009-11-30T20:23:21Z")
> [@Amber\_in\_Treasury](#): > > Google “oily taint”.😉 Eww, I’m just thinking of the horrors that can come up with with safe search off. (Granted, the safe search on version is pretty icky too, but for different reasons … ) ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheehan-encounter/519491/16 "2009-11-30T20:45:11Z")
She was complaining about unmanned aircraft being used to bomb people in Afghanistan. She apparently thinks it is immoral to have remote controlled weapons, or something like that. The other guy’s complaint is apparently that Cindy Sheehan sucks. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheehan-encounter/519491/17 "2009-12-01T03:02:21Z")
Her son was killed in an undeclared war and the war continues. She should have complained before her son was killed. Afterwards is too late. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheehan-encounter/519491/18 "2009-12-01T14:11:15Z")
This is what I picked up from the TV news- As we all know, since her son was killed in Afghanistan (the good war), she’s been a very vocal anti-war activist. Apparently, she & Code Pink have been protesting outside military bases, specifically over the use of unmanned drones to take out terrorists, with a lot of collateral damage. (I agree- I prefer direct assassination squads of the sort that Dick Cheney tried to get going.) So anyway, an old veteran (I don’t know if he was actually with the base or just showed up as the one counter-protester) got it her face & knocked away her bullhorn. AFAI could tell, he actually kinda instigated it. Anyway, the authorities finally got her & her group to move off the base, then they parked their truck in the middle of the road to continue the protest, which then resulted in them getting ticketed for impeding traffic. So she was bitching about getting assaulted by the old man & then being the one to get a ticket. And that AFAIK is the rest of the story. ---
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheehan-encounter/519491/19 "2009-12-01T16:54:25Z")
I really don’'t give a shit waht the problem is, Sheehan lost a child in this war. Let every parent chime in who lost a child in this shit storm. I don’t care what their politics are, kids are dying . Let their parents cry out. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheehan-encounter/519491/20 "2009-12-01T17:08:28Z")
> [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](#): > > I really don’'t give a shit waht the problem is, Sheehan lost a child in this war. Let every parent chime in who lost a child in this shit storm. I don’t care what their politics are, kids are dying . Let their parents cry out. You know, it’ll be far from a united chorus. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheehan-encounter/519491.md?page=2)