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Old 11-07-2004, 06:49 AM   #41 (permalink)
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I applaud your thought of even considering it. We need more people like you! I did 4 in the Army, and appreciate all our service members.

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Old 11-07-2004, 02:58 PM   #42 (permalink)
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To both/all who whine to me- please remember that your military minds are washed to find any sort of anti-military sentiments abhorrent. Bear in mind that my comments have been perfectly on the level and strictly opinion, while several of yours immediately jump into statements and opinions that lack objectivity, are biased, and are inequitable to a person seeking real information and real help.
I find this comment ironic because I think that mind "washing," as you call it, goes both ways with respect to military organizations. They exist to serve a certain purpose that lies outside of the scope of what you might call "ordinary" or "acceptable" social interaction and that very fact makes it necessary to structure them a certain way. For one thing, I think an underlying thread that connects most people who have an interest in joining the military is a love of country that ultimately outweighs fear of death. Not everybody goes into the service with this belief and I'm sure that many people go in with the wrong expectations, but it seems to me that an anti-military mind is just as "washed" as a military one. The kind of wash just depends on what is more important to any given individual - self preservation or certain ideals. (Before this gets ugly, I am going to explicitly state that I do not mean to say that self preservation isn't a concern for everyone nor do I mean to say that people who are anti-military do not have ideals.)

I find it hard to believe than an objective opinion exists when, on one end of the spectrum, there are people in the world who wouldn't hesitate at the chance to give their lives in the name of their country or in pursuit of an ideal and, on the other end, people who are so much more concerned with self preservation that they aren't even willing to donate a pint of their blood. Can anybody honestly say anything objective about this subject besides describing the nuts and bolts?
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