Greg, Well said! Larry
On 6/6/05, Greg Harbican <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No, up till 9/11 most people entered the military for one of two reasons. > > The first and most popular reason is Education. > They think that it will be an easy way the get an education, without having > to work hard to get a scholarship or the need for a loan. > > The second reason, is that they want money for something and they currently > don't have enough. > > I have heard some of their complaints, and almost always it's along the > lines of " When I signed up almost _______ yrs ago, there wasn't any war. > I did it because I wanted to get 'an education' or 'the education benefit's > or 'to get a job and skills for a job when I get out', not to kill people or > get killed". > > Many of them think that they are using the military, for their own > purposes/benefit, but, then when they are told that they can not get out > when the going gets rough, they cry "Not fair!" > > > The facts are: > > *The military is just like any other company trying to get you to join, in > that it is going to push the fun exciting stuff, while under emphasizing the > bad. > > *Anyone that thinks they can join the military and be subject to the > possibility of being killed or having to kill, is living a dream that has no > connection to reality. > > *Anyone that thinks that the military can't or will not alter their terms of > enlistment in a time of crisis is dreaming. > > *Anyone that does not read the fine print on any contract before they sign, > is a fool. > > *All it takes is some checking, to find out what being in the military is > really like. There are to many people in ( and now out ) of the military > to say what it was like. > > Any person, in any job, that think that they can take the good and leave the > bad, has another think coming. > > Greg H. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Michael Redler > To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 12:44 > Subject: Re: [Biofuel] New York : DA Drops The Charges Against Carol Lang > > > > > "To enter military service and then say, I dont want to go there! or > I don't want to do that! is simply childish selfcenterdness (sp)." > > Well Larry, if that were true, we would have an increasing number of "self > centered objectors" instead of conscientious objectors. Most people who join > the military, do so with a belief (faith) that their commander-in-chief will > make the right decisions. When they don't, it is no exaggeration to look at > it as a breach of contract. You have every right to object to improper use > of the military (that would be YOU, if you are a soldier) due to the fact > that your government did not work with you in good faith. > > Conscientious objectors are often examples of fearless objectivity and > heroism. They see war during their time as a divisive instrument of policy > and not a mechanism for self defense. > > Mike > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 > messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
