Re: Patriotism and Citizenship

From: Brian D Williams (talon57@well.com)
Date: Thu Sep 05 2002 - 08:19:01 MDT


>From: Eugen Leitl <eugen@leitl.org>

>>Brian D Williams wrote:

>> There is no other job in this or any other country that even
>> begins to approach, or compare, with the life of a soldier.

>Yeah, you get to play with cool hardware, see the world, blow up
>stuff and kill furriners. Chicks so dig you. Plus, there are the
>perks. Life's good, basically.
 
Must be a different service/planet than the one I served in.

Mind numbing drudgery, hatred from civilians were the rule.

>> It is infinitely more honorable. I do not expect you to see or
>> understand this. The difference is what makes a soldier.

>You seem to have completely foresaken rational discourse here.
>Essentially, you state only soldiers can understand and judge
>soldiers. Because we're so hardass 31337, and shit. Everybody
>else is subhuman. Nice device.
 
Your typical Strawman defense? I didn't use subhuman, you did.

No, to understand what it means to be a soldier you have to be a
soldier, in the same exact way you have to be a women to truly
understand what it means, or to be Black to truly understand what
it means, or to be Gay to truly understand what it means.

It's clear you don't understand this basic truth.

Brian

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