110 year sentence (or 10 for good behavior)

**jackie** · 08-05-2007, 04:07 PM

Originally Posted by Lady's Human

There are bad apples in EVERY profession on the face of the earth. Doctors, Lawyers, musicians, artists, police, firemen, ad infinitum.

The US military is a cross section of society. As such the occasional bad apple gets through the screening, training and eval.

Unlike most militaries on the face of the earth, the US military prosecutes our bad apples and we get rid of them.

DO NOT! cast aspersions on the entire military because of the actions of one or two idiots.

Thank you!

IRescue, I am by no means supportive of the war in Iraq, or any recent conflict which America has entered, but I find your comments offensive. Not every person who joins the army goes into it thinking "yeehaw, I am gonna shoot me some Ay-rab ass" and to even assume that is close minded.

**Jessika** · 08-05-2007, 04:10 PM

Two of my best friends in the entire world are in the military. One is currently active in Iraq.

Both my sister-in-law and her husband are in the coast guard.

My father-in-law is a retired Green Beret.

None of them are "low-life scum" as you seem to believe.

NONE of them would EVER do the things the few idiots that this article talks about did.

Never ever make assumptions based off of one or two idiots.

I'm not going to lie..... what you said actually offends me and, in a way, hurt me that you would think such wonderful people such as my friends and family would be classified as "low-life scum" with idiots such as the guys in the article.

But, I'm sorry our opinions differ.

**IRescue452** · 08-05-2007, 04:19 PM

I will always have trouble trusting this category of people. At least I admit its wrong to make blanket assumptions. Everybody has different experiences in life that shape their attitudes towards people and even inanimate objects. You've got good experiences with soldiers and have good thoughts about the American way of "defending" its people from real or imagined threats- great. I've had more bad experiences than good with these people and their practices- great also. This means we are a balanced social group.

**Jessika** · 08-05-2007, 04:22 PM

Originally Posted by IRescue452

I will always have trouble trusting this category of people. At least I admit its wrong to make blanket assumptions. Everybody has different experiences in life that shape their attitudes towards people and even inanimate objects. You've got good experiences with soldiers and have good thoughts about the American way of "defending" its people from real or imagined threats- great. I've had more bad experiences than good with these people and their practices- great also. This means we are a balanced social group.

So you're saying, based on my experiences, I can say that all african-americans are sucking our nation dry and are no-good, lazy scumbags?

OF COURSE I know that isn't true!! But just because I've had a few experiences with people like that, it still gives me NO RIGHT WHATSOEVER to categorize them all together!

I KNOW there are "bad apples" in the military, clearly! But we need to realize that not everyone is like that! And to not even have an open mind about it... well, its racist without being racist. That's the only term I can think of off the top of my head.

You are entitled to your opinion, and as I said earlier, I'm sorry ours' differ. But in this rare case this is one opinion I just can't respect.

**K9soul** · 08-05-2007, 04:27 PM

What a hateful statement that is just as bad as a racist statement in my eyes. As much as people have their disagreements here and sometimes things get very heated, I never expected to see something like that and I find it very sad.

**IRescue452** · 08-05-2007, 04:36 PM

Like I said, different experiences make the world go round. If you met a person who had been forced into slavery and therefore had a hard time trusting everybody of the group who had enslaved them, would you say they were racist? Of course they are making generalizations as well. In the same time, you are making generalizations about me. A few of you used words which cover me in a group of people known as hippies. Of course if you knew me you'd find that I'm quite the conservative. Hippies aren't all clones of each other as well.

**Cinder & Smoke** · 08-05-2007, 04:37 PM

Originally Posted by K9soul

What a hateful statement ...

... something like that ...

Hey K9soul ...

Maybe you stick a noun or a possessive in there -
to give us some idea of WHAT (or whom) you're talking about.

**K9soul** · 08-05-2007, 04:41 PM

Originally Posted by Cinder & Smoke

Hey K9soul ...

Maybe you stick a noun or a possessive in there -
to give us some idea of WHAT (or whom) you're talking about.

Sorry, I had meant to quote the post and thought I had. Now the post is edited so it doesn't have the same meaning. I was referring to the post talking about military personnel being "low-life scum."

**Lady's Human** · 08-05-2007, 04:24 PM

What "category" of people????????

There is no "normal" soldier.

There is no "normal" Marine

There in no "normal" airman

there is no "normal" sailor

there is no "normal" coastie

You offend the hell out of me.

Take your 60's hippie crap elsewhere.

**lizbud** · 08-05-2007, 04:45 PM

Originally Posted by Lady's Human

What "category" of people????????

There is no "normal" soldier.

There is no "normal" Marine

There in no "normal" airman

there is no "normal" sailor

there is no "normal" coastie

You offend the hell out of me.

Take your 60's hippie crap elsewhere.

Please just take it easy LH. Consider the source of the comment. Probably
a very young person who has a lot to learn in their lifetime. Opinions can
change through the experiences of a whole lifetime.

p.s Just noticed the original post has been edited.