On Feb 28, 12:29 pm, Kevin  Gowen <kgo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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*
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> > >>>>>> 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 ...
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> > >> 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!
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> > 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.
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> 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? :-)