Guest guest Posted January 27, 2003 Report Share Posted January 27, 2003 Well said, Gene. To Dave4Sale: Unless you've seen round muzzle flashes at night, watched tracers light up a pitch black night, and felt the repeated impact of an AK-47 on the ground around you, then you're just talking shit about war and much less about antiwar. When it comes to attention, what do you really want? DaveO The Stewarts [stews9] Oh, brother. You're kidding, right? No one is more anti-war than those who will have to go die for some idiot politician. Soldiers and Sailors, Airmen and Marines, even Coast Guards are all anti-war to a much more personal level than comfortable little theorists in their gardens of projected illusion. On Monday, January 27, 2003, at 03:20 PM, SuperDave wrote: > All I meant to imply is > that it is hard to serve in the military and claim you are " anti- > war " . also the military changes peoples way of thinking their whole > personality. e.g. totally laid back disorganized people can turn anal > retentive. No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which are beyond her jurisdiction. -Samuel Butler, writer (1835-1902) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 27, 2003 Report Share Posted January 27, 2003 , The Stewarts <stews9@c...> wrote: > > You're kidding, right? No one is more anti-war than those who will have > to go die for some idiot politician. > > Soldiers and Sailors, Airmen and Marines, even Coast Guards are all > anti-war to a much more personal level than comfortable little theorists > in their gardens of projected illusion.. > > obviously people in the armed forces don't all have a death wish and most probably don't enjoy being shot at. but if they are willing to sign up for the military knowing they may have to go kill someone else, is that anti-war? " they may very well believe they are doing the right thing. i must agree with you that those people who spat on the viet nam soldiers are idiots. but that doesn't exactly make the soldiers geniuses. everyone keeps posting how someone very close to them served in the military and how they're a wonderful person. My grandfather served in WW2, btw. but just because good people have served in wars doesn't make war good. and being ordered to do something doesn't make it okay either; nazi soldiers were ordered to torture jews remember. personally if drafted i'd choose jail over going to war. i would not be able to take someone's life. i don't expect everyone to make the same choice. No, i'm not saying everyone in the military gets brainwashed into an apathetic killing machine. i don't want soldiers to die either. I just disagree with their decision to fight. There wouldn't be any wars if everyone refused to fight- george w and sadam sure as hell won't duke it out. You may think that thinking is unrealistic, because one soldier quitting won't stop a war. but meat-eaters have the same mentality- even if i don't eat meat, most people do so what's the difference? i still feel eating meat is not right, and ditto war. " if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem " . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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