On Feb 28, 5:53 am, Declan Murphy <declan_mur...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 28, 12:29 pm, Kevin  Gowen <kgo...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Feb 27, 9:47 pm, CL <flot...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > > Kevin Gowen wrote:
> > > > On Feb 27, 12:19 am, CL <flot...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > >> Kevin Gowen wrote:
> > > >>> On Feb 24, 8:55 pm, CL <flot...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > >>>> Kevin Wayne Williams wrote:
> > > >>>>> The 2-Belo wrote:
> > > >>>>>>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080222/ap_on_re_as/japan_us_military_1
> > > >>>>>> "The U.S. this week imposed tight new restrictions on troops, their
> > > >>>>>> families and
> > > >>>>>> *civilian expatriates* [emphasis mine] in Okinawa and *elsewhere*
> > > >>>>>> [emphasis
> > > >>>>>> mine], limiting them to bases, workplaces and off-base housing. The
> > > >>>>>> military
> > > >>>>>> held a 'day of reflection' Friday to urge troops not to commit crimes."
> > > >>>>> It's not clear in the article if these restrictions are temporary or
> > > >>>>> permanent. If they're permanent, I feel sorry for everyone involved.
> > > >>>>> Pretty boring being restricted to base.
> > > >>>> If you've never been in the military, the difference between being
> > > >>>> restricted and unrestricted is that you get to be bored in English.
> > > >>>> Otherwise, there isn't a whole lot of difference.
> > > >>> I don't blame the Okinawans for not wanting military trash ruining
> > > >>> their island. I went to Okinawa on vacation once and it really
> > > >>> distracted from my enjoyment of the scenery to see camouflage-painted
> > > >>> trucks lumbering about the roads. They need to keep that stuff on-base
> > > >>> and out of the sight of tourists imo.
> > > >> I see ...
>
> > > >> So, did you flunk the physical or the mental exams?  Or, did you play
> > > >> Left Out on your high school baseball team, too?
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> > > > The military is a good place for directionless white trash who think
> > > > that HONOR and VALOR and EMPTY BUZZWORDS flow from a contract with the
> > > > government. If you think someone's willingness to kill whomever they
> > > > are told is a moral good, the military might be a good place for you!
>
> > > Well, if you're gonna push buttons you might as well go for the whole
> > > keyboard.  By your description, white trash, here (smiles and waves).
> > > Military scholarship recipient.  So, thanks for paying for a college
> > > education for both of us.  Thing about doing your military time is that
> > > you defend all citizens, even the ungrateful total assholes.
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> > > The fact that the civilians who control the military lack the morality
> > > to use it honorably is not a military issue first and foremost.  Because
> > > there hasn't been a draft in 30 years there is a whole new generation of
> > > overeducated, pampered and spoiled brats who do not understand the
> > > purpose of a military nor the correct uses to which it must be put.
> > > Time to reinstate the draft.  Not because we need to project more
> > > military power, but to teach the meaning of equality and fairness.
>
> > Unless you are a WWII veteran, please do not pretend that solely by
> > being in the military, you had anything to do with defending me or
> > anyone else. As I said, the military does have its purpose. It allows
> > directionless trash the opportunity to upgrade to smug, condescending
> > trash. Don't act like I owe you anything more than I owe a doctor,
> > teacher, or construction worker.
>
> Its the hisashiburi Kevin! Cool. This might be fun.
>
> In what way were WWII veterans defending you or anyone else solely by
> being in the military?


> And if CL for example was one of the Seppo
> military members who escorted Martin Luther King Jr & co from Selma to
> the State Capitol at Montgomery, wouldn't that qualify as defending
> someone else? :-)