Hi, my name is Marissa... you know, the one in the picture you have posted. First off, I'd like to say thank you. No, I don't believe that my injuries should keep me from being seen as a sexual being, nor do I feel that I am any less sexy than I was before I was hurt.

HOWEVER, I DO get quite upset when my image is exploited for ANY reason. I just found out today that images of myself and images of me with my family are being used on amputee fetish websites without my permission for people to get their rocks off to.

Secondly, I don't even know how to respond to most of your article. The fact that you are for the war simply because it produces more material for you to wack off to disgusts me. The fact that you THANK the MORON'S who ran our country for 8 years disgusts me to no end. It just makes me hang my head with shame about the intelligence level of this country and how low it's gone in the past decade or two.

As far as you 'Son of a Mitch' I'd just like to say, you disgust me.

Marissa ... I wrote the article, and I normally wouldn't respond to a comment, but I think you deserve a clear response.

Yes, you are beautiful, before and after your trauma! Absolutely.

Secondly, my praise for the war was meant to be entirely sarcastic. If it read as an actual approval of the Bush Administration's war campaign, then it is entirely a failing of tone on my part, and I want you to know I agree with you one hundred percent. My intended point was that there are no "winners" in this war, and in order to find a silver lining, one would need stretch the results to a ridiculous extent.

I am absolutely NOT pro war. However, I am pro-soldier, people like you who deserve not only to be recognized as heroes but as people.

Thank you for your service. And your comment.