Re: At Last....a repaint job....

"JimmyMac" <jimmymac_4@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> On Apr 15, 11:05 am, "Edward Dolan" <edo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
[...]
>> I would never be dumb enough to end up in a war zone, unless it was of 
>> the
>> caliber of WWII of course.
>
> I don't recall the military giving anyone a choice in the matter.
> Predictably you did not extend to me the same courtesy that I extended
> to you.  YOU DID NOT ANSWER MY QUESTION!

No one chooses to end up in a war zone except those who want to end up 
there. That was not true in WWII, but it has been true in all subsequent 
wars. As long as I was not being shot at, I would prefer to spend time in 
service during wartime than in  peacetime. Who wants to spend all their
days 
cleaning garbage pails which is what can happen to you in the military 
during peacetime.
[...]

>> The military does not take the dregs of humanity. Such types are
usually
>> only to be found in our state prisons.
>
> The current military has criminals and gang members in service ... a
> well know fact.  Are these not dregs?  Are ALL dreg in state prisons?
> Don't be ridiculous.

The military will not take those who have serious criminal records. Bad
for 
morale you know. Those presently residing in prisons are all serious 
criminals. Many of them should be executed rather than warehoused as it 
would be cheaper for society to do that provided appeals are kept to the 
bare minimum.

>> Many of these fall into the category of those
>>
>> > who would otherwise not want to be in the military and have the
>> > inclination to perform accordingly .  What do you no understand about
>> > that?  What makes volunteer versus conscripted candidate, trained in
>> > the same fa****on, any more professional.
>>
>> Because they WANT to be there.
>
> Their is a different being "choosing" and "wanting" ... between
> employment and unemployment  ... between food, clothing and housing
> and being without food, clothing and housing.  Sometimes choices are
> the lesser of two evils, so to speak.  Why is it that simple concepts
> seem often to elude you?

We now have an all-volunteer military. That says it all as far as I am 
concerned. I am opposed to any women being in the military other than in 
traditional feminine roles. Women after all do not know how to kick ass.
[...]

>> After all, there is a
>> time for peace and a time for war, and when it is time for war, we want

>> the
>> best killer-warriors that we can get.
>
> And, that why you were in the peace-time Navy.

I did not want to end up in the Army. Young men were still being drafted 
back then.

>> Regards,
>>
>> Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
>> aka
>> Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota