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Originally Posted by The Jolt
The point I was trying to make is while it is true that women can serve in the military they do not fight in a war.
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Oh boy. I've got some nice land beachfront property in Kanssas to sell you.
Women are part of the national guard. A not insignifigant part actually. As the guard has been called into duty, there are in fact women in front line positions as I type this. There have been for the last three years.
Some are even contenders for the medal of valour.
The world has changed. Women fight in the front lines now. They carry guns as big as the boys do also.
I don't care what your opinion of that is. It's reality, deal with it. Women are on the front lines more and more, and will continue to be a heavy presence there.
They are engaging the enemy, are sometimes the CO, and have bigger balls than some of the little boys in their squads. They don't go run and hide when they hear gunshots.
That being said, they get just as much say in if we go to war as any man does, and their vote counts for a hell of a lot more to me than a CO that is safely stateside while he directs troop movements.
As for the ability of every citizen to vote in local and national elections, if you don't like it, move to Cuba.
I vote in every municipale, city, state, and national election. I will give up my right to have a say in my community, even when the ballot measure being decided does not directly effect me or my checkbook, when you pry the gun from my cold dead hands.
If I;m being a jackass with this post, Mods feel free to edit out anything directly offensive.
Otherwise,
The Jolt, you need to explain why could make you think that only those affected in one cingular way by a ballot measure have a say in it. Anything that happens in my community will efect me, even if indirectly. Therfor, I have a god given right to voice my opinion in every election that occurs, not just the ones that my taxes directly pay for.
As for Ann, she has as much value to the world as Al Sharpton. That is to say they are both shrill voices running around preaching to their respective choirs. There is a word for that. Entertainers. They hold no say or power. In that respect, she is marginally more sane than Fred Savage, but not by much.