No TACT, No BRAINS, No CLUE, No JOKE

When i first heard the story about the soldier in Iraq who got a nasty email from a business called DISCOUNT-MATS.com...i honestly thought it was going to turn out to be a hoax...a sort of urban legend created to piss people off...like the Starbuck's HOAX a couple of weeks ago...as if we don't have enough real things to be angry about anyway...

NOBODY could be THAT stupid, right? I mean, if your in a business to sell something, you know, to MAKE MONEY...you don't EMAIL a nasty reply to someone that could turn around and email your thoughtless reply to millions of people AROUND THE GLOBE...some who, presumably might want to purchase your product...it's a competitive world out there right?...there must be hundreds of people selling your exact same product, like mats, and why would you want to anger, i dunno, half of your potential client base?...or am i just over thinking this...

Well, it turns out that the email IS TRUE! I'm reprinting some of this just in case you missed this;

SGT Hess,
We do not ship to APO addresses and even if we did, we would never ship to Iraq. If you were sensible, you and your troops would pull out of Iraq.

The vice president of Discount-Mats.com reported that they had to shut down their site to deal with the angry and threatening emails...Well BIG DUH...

Othmau Atta of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee, who scores at least a couple of points for at least not fanning the flames with the "freedom of speech line" totally missed the entire boat by saying "if you look at the polls, his opinion is reflected by a majority of Americans now."

Another BIG DUH dude...i DON'T WANT my stepson in Iraq, in fact, i'm terrified for him but it isn't up to me...But now, thanks to Discount-Mats.com, i have someone i can be angry at...the thoughtless, tactless, clueless "why don't you put your name on your email sissy boy", or girl...i'm just saying, "it's sure a weird way to build up a business..."

But then again, who says there's no such thing as bad publicity? I dunno, maybe we should ask the Dixie Chicks...