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Submitted by Justin Bailey <jimmies_hat37.at.yahoo.com> (View user info) at 2004-07-23 10:56:46 EDT
We all like to feel like we understand the world around us. We have familiar territories or "stomping grounds". We have our jobs where we either bond or battle with ordinary joe-shmoes such as ourselves. Aside from all this is that one universal group of everday people. The lost and forgotten. Elevated above human standard due to status or what have you. You know who I speak of. Your brother, aunt, cousin. Possibly your spouse? That's right. I'm speaking of the military member. The common ordinary working man with that extra bit of status. Years of tradition, honor, commitment. But the fact of the matter is that these individuals aren't so much greater than anyone else. We all make decisions at some point in life. Some good, most bad, and from these decisions we gain something more valuable than gold. We gather for ourselves the very essence of existense. The lifeblood that makes every man woman and child who they are. Experience. The kind of experience that screams to others "listen to me! I know what I'm talking about". No amount of training can teach experience. No amount of complaining or bickering or self-righteous lecturing can change past experiences. So why is it that we take normal everday people and put them through the wash and call them clean? How do those few useless individuals fall through the cracks and flourish while those with true potential struggle? Awards and brownie points. Rights and privledges. The lines of reality as a human being blurred by the realization of ones own ignorance. Shaken loose from the tree like unripened fruit. Fallen down to earth and left to rot by all who pass.
User Reviews
Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2004-07-28 12:47:53 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Not bad for your first post. Spacing is key in getting people to read your work.
One big blog of words turn people off.
+1 because you have potential
Submitted by Gnome (user info) at 2004-07-25 18:30:26 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
i don't believe it deserves the rating it has now, so i'll give you a +2 on something i normally wouldn't.
mid-paragraph you said something i didn't agree with on your way to making your point. you said "Elevated above human standard due to status or what have you."
people are people. career choices do not make any one person worthy of elevated status. nothing does, really. i see no man/woman as any less or more than myself. k, that might not be entirely true, some people are just fucking stupid, but the ideal is there.
Submitted by plushpeach (user info) at 2004-07-23 14:05:36 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
First let me start off by saying Whiskey-Tango Foxtrot - Over? You are an idiot. this was one long boring ramble about what??? What was your point? You did have one right? -2 for you.
But +2 for: I have no respect for anyone who will criticize the 'rights and priveleges' of an American soldier. Yes, these people made choices, and many may house their regrets about being in the military, but that DOES NOT CHANGE THE FACT that these people have given of their own time to help insure that ours doesn't get taken away.
Submitted by WheretheWildThingsAre (user info) at 2004-07-23 14:02:45 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
"right, it can't. that's why the military doesn't just train, it goes places.
Where have you been?
Tell you what, why don't you go help build schools in southeast asia after a hurricane?
Why don't you go to Croatia or Serbia and protect the rights of an ethnic minority who would otherwise be executed?
Why don't you go to Iraq, and help rebuild, and have people spit at you in the streets?
Oh, that's right. The MILITARY is doing those jobs. They're stranded overseas and forced to adapt to alien cultures, and where are you?"
It's very funny that you should mention all of this. I joined with the stupid impression that I would travel and make a difference. Unfortunately I could not possibly anticipate the ever popular "Hurry Up and Wait" process that all military members should be very familiar with even before completion of basic military training. For those of you who have not been through BMT imagine sitting around for hours at a time wondering what on earth you should be doing. Keep in mind that you are being paid to sit around staring at your fellow trainees and that this money that you are recieving comes from taxpayers. That's right. The money that you waste is your very own. I have been to the middle east and I have completed yhe mission that was set for me by my major command. I'm sure that the convoys that you probably traveled in are very thankful for the F-15/16s and euro spec typhoons that constantly patrolled their surroundings to chase away the "bad guys". I can't even imagine how difficult it would be for those jets to stay in the air and protect you without constant refueling. Not that refueling comes cheap. I can't possibly discuss all of the heinous acts of negligience or even down right stupidity that I have seen as a result of my brief tour of duty that will soon come to an end but I am glad that I had the oppurtunity to experience the utter lack of organization and chaos first hand. If and when the American military is exposed for what it truly is I will not be suprised.
P.S. No amount of brownie points can buy you experience. Selfish motives fuel this beast so don't lie to yourself. If you want to help people then do it through non-profit means. That is true humility.
Submitted by WheretheWildThingsAre (user info) at 2004-07-23 13:51:01 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
"Lucky for all of us, it's the 'thank you' we get from family members and friends that make this job worth my life. It's the salute from a small child that makes me truly love wearing my uniform. It's the rights I love and protect that make being a Sailor more fulfilling than anything I could have ever asked for."
Sorry to hear that you're wasting your life away. Don't feel to bad. Even Rome fell after a short stint as the worlds largest empire. The British still feel the sting of defeat after so many years on top. I just wonder when people will realize that nothing lasts forever.
Submitted by WheretheWildThingsAre (user info) at 2004-07-23 13:38:28 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
"These are people who give all of themselves, become military property, basically the people who do the job that you're too chickenshit to do."
-Totally_useless
I see that your screen name is working out for you. Your crude language does little to sway my opinions. For your information, I am in the military. I say what I do only because of what I have personally seen. Altough many people might disagree with the way that I see things (and I accept that there will be differences of opinions) I certainly don't expect the sheep of this country or any other for that matter to come flocking to the horrible truth of the disgusting military super powers that claim to protect them but squander there hard earned money on useless training exercises and equipment damages due to negligience. This isn't all about money but I'm hard pressed to believe that many people really want to understand how the military works as long as they don't have to think for themselves...
By the way, not all military service members are called soldiers.
Submitted by NavyJester (user info) at 2004-07-23 11:58:39 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
*sigh*
I'm giving this a -2 because of the lack of double spacing. The fact that you started out with what seemed like a decent post with a well thought idea that ended up being pissed into incessant drivel also irritated me.
Now, onto subject matter: I respect everybody's opinion about the military. It's the constitution that allows you to have that freedom of speech and thought.
I am one of many who defend YOUR freedom.
Lucky for all of us, it's the 'thank you' we get from family members and friends that make this job worth my life. It's the salute from a small child that makes me truly love wearing my uniform. It's the rights I love and protect that make being a Sailor more fulfilling than anything I could have ever asked for.
I wish you could understand.
Submitted by Totally_useless (user info) at 2004-07-23 11:44:13 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Godchicken, I have the utmost respect for you (now, lol!!!eleven)
Well put.
Submitted by GodChicken (user info) at 2004-07-23 11:35:04 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
"no amount of training can teach experience"
right, it can't. that's why the military doesn't just train, it goes places.
Where have you been?
Tell you what, why don't you go help build schools in southeast asia after a hurricane?
Why don't you go to Croatia or Serbia and protect the rights of an ethnic minority who would otherwise be executed?
Why don't you go to Iraq, and help rebuild, and have people spit at you in the streets?
Oh, that's right. The MILITARY is doing those jobs. They're stranded overseas and forced to adapt to alien cultures, and where are you?
Submitted by Bigmike (user info) at 2004-07-23 11:28:58 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
"No amount of training can teach experience."
Training is the act of aquiring experience you moron.
Maybe you meant to say "No amount of training can replace experience". Which is also wrong if you look at things in the long term.
Use paragraphs, write coherently, make a case, don't suck.
Submitted by Totally_useless (user info) at 2004-07-23 11:21:27 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
In response to your post:
Fuck Yourself.
If you are American, fuck yourself TWICE as hard.
The 'fact' is that anyone who has the balls to be in the military deserves all the respect that a person can give. These are people who give all of themselves, become military property, basically the people who do the job that you're too chickenshit to do. I have no respect for anyone who will criticize the 'rights and priveleges' of an American soldier. Yes, these people made choices, and many may house their regrets about being in the military, but that DOES NOT CHANGE THE FACT that these people have given of their own time to help insure that ours doesn't get taken away.
Training can equal experience, if that training is derived from past experience. The training received in the military is the kind that becomes ingrained in your memory. It sticks by you and helps you in civilian life. It teaches you to be more disciplined, to use rational thinking during irrational situations, and, in short, makes you a better person.
All in all, the military makes you a better person all-around. Although I hated being in the military, it made me a better person, taught me life lessons I may not have learned if I had continued on with my life as it was beforehand, and gave me respect for myself.
That plus the training they gave me that resulted in my job today. Now THAT is a fringe benefit.
Submitted by I_Have_a_Kristen_Fetish (user info) at 2004-07-23 11:19:21 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
What is this?
Submitted by potatomanjack (user info) at 2004-07-23 11:19:20 EDT (#)
Ranking: -1
Not very interesting or good.
Submitted by 1Point21Gigawatts (user info) at 2004-07-23 11:15:04 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Where is the porn, again?
Submitted by Crudite (user info) at 2004-07-23 11:10:17 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
I'm new here but I've been lurking, and I recognize garbage when I see it.
Not being mean, but this seems to be a bunch of disconnected thoughts that you swept out of a neglected corner of your mind and onto a web page.
Submitted by Sambuca310 (user info) at 2004-07-23 11:04:22 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
i thought you were going to trick me and give me porn - damn was i wrong (didn't actually read the post)
Submitted by WillZone (user info) at 2004-07-23 11:01:59 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
well, sped, in defense. thats one paragraph.
Submitted by spedmonkey (user info) at 2004-07-23 11:00:22 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
salfs;fsafs
No paragraphs make baby Jesus cry, and they also give me seizures.