On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 7:02 PM, Bruce Sorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You are right. If it were for money I would NOT be going back into the > Army. As Loathe can attest, they don't offer the best pay. I do it out > of duty, pride and love of my country, and I am willing to tolerate > certain things to ensure that my country is safe, even if some deem it > unconstitutional. I also consider myself a warrior and not a Soldier of > Fortune. There are enough people out there to fill that role, and > frankly that concept never interested me. > Like Jack Nicholson said in A Few Good Men, "I don't want money and I > don't want medals". > > I just want to serve and be the best soldier I can be.
Being the best, means giving up safety in exchange for freedom. Even for our beloved. It is a extremely difficult choice to make, but the only real one available. When we trade our freedoms for security, we become "them". I want us to stay US. I have to constantly remind myself, as I slip, like most humans. Life just ain't as cut and dry as people wish it were. Myself included. It's fun to think there's certain ways to think, but it just ain't so. Bring it on, I say. It takes all types, of that I'm sure (ha ha). Faith in the institutions we've built shouldn't be an automatic "bad thing". I do want to change your mind, but I don't want to change your heart. Generally, we could do with a bit of faith. Warriors fighting for ideals (some great ones are embodied in the constitution ;), vs., um, nouns. The nouns are dragging us doooooooowwn. Heh. Bastian of clarity, I be. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:255269 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
