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Patrick,
A veteran, one that has not even served in wartime, deserves to be called a veteran. For starters, you and I have not served in the armed forces so we should be even more supportive in their efforts as they have sacrificed, at least a portion of their lives which they'll never get back, in order that people like me can go out and wet a line and raise a child or for people like you can wonder around without a concept of reality. Having been around the military some, I can appreciate that it's not all nature walks, campfires, and roasted marshmallows for these guys. The Navy spends time in third world ports when they are not locked up with several hundred or thousand others in an aluminum bathtub with out having their feet on terra-firma for months at a time. The guys in the Army? South America, Korea, the Inter-German border up until 89 - not exactly tropical Paradise. The Marines - you think twenty guys in a VW bug is tough. How about Beruit? No, your too young to remember that - or to care apparently. Air force? Well - they're pretty much pampered but they have peacetime training accidents too and lose people. Gee - easy time for them, right? No sense confusing them with real veterans. Oh, did I mention that many of them will make less money than you when you're flying the fry machine at McD's? Trying to start families on lousy pay and food stamps? Get a life Patrick.
Veterans of war? Gulf war or not - when the chance to have a missle rain down on your foxhole (yeh , they still dig those you know) people training artiliery on you or just plain shooting back. The potenital for bad things to happen is very real - Laser guided capability or not.
Do not disrespect those that have served, whether under fire or not as you do not have ANY right, even remotely, to critisize those men and women. None. Zero. End of story.
You spend so much time over analyzing events and ideals in your twisted unexperienced mind that you are constantly talking out of your ass and don't even notice it. You just happen to know everything about everything in the advanced intellectual state that you've grown into. You know - when I was your age I thought I had my thumb on the pulse of reality. I eventualy learned that I barely had a clue and I was far more mentally developed at 13 then than you are now. Grow up.
BTW - that's strike two. One more and you're out.
Clammer - thanks for the flag this morning. That means something to me but unfortunately, not everyone here.
Clammer & Ed - had a great time last night too. And sadly, Ed pulled his feet out of the fire of humiliation at the last moment :P so we can't razz him about it. Maybe later but I'm a little tweaked at the moment...
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