Don't ask, Don't tell

[Lady's Human]

I have to clarify my point..

I don't who you date.

I feel that who you have a relationship with is your own business. I really am put out when people do the PDA thing or start to talk raunchy about "last night". I am not a prude and love a great dirty joke, but when you start to talk about your SO - who I happened to meet at the last party/function/get together- you have overstepped the line.

It's your business, not mine.

I have always been of the mind that you come to work, work, go home- when your homelife follows you in, that's not good.

The problem with that in the military is that you know EVERYTHING about your battle buddies, and wind up knowing them probably better on most levels than their SO. There is NO privacy in military units whatsoever.

[wombat2u2004]

Well, my opinion only, but I believe that if they let gays into the armed forces, then there will be lots of trouble.
And I still hold to the belief that it's only a rights issue.....it's happened here in Australia, and still happening. In the 1960's the White Australia Policy was still the order of the day, the aboriginal peoples actually had their own schools (which their kids never showed up much at), and the whites had their schools. The abo's squealed discrimination etc etc, the law was finally passed and the abo's could attend the same schools as whites.
The outcome ???? The Aboriginals won the RIGHT to go to the same schools, but did they attend those schools ???? NOPE !!!! Nothing changed other than the aboriginals now had the RIGHT !!!!!
And so I believe is the issue now facing you all in the USA.
Wom

[Grace]

Fact-Check: Would the U.S. be alone in allowing gays to openly serve in the military?

According to the Palm Center, a University of California, Santa Barbara-based think tank that studies controversial public policy issues:

-- Twenty-five countries allowed military service by openly gay people as of June 2009.

-- They are: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Uruguay.

Bottom line: The United States would not be alone in allowing gays to openly serve in the military. As of 2009, there are no fewer than 25 other countries that follow an open policy.

source

[RICHARD]

I want to throw out a France joke......nope, not gonna do it.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

I personally wish everyone would go back in the closet, straight and gay and whatever. I have no interest in anyone's sex life or lack of one.

[kuhio98]

I'm in the Don't ask, Don't tell, Don't care group.

As long as you're not hurting children or animals, I don't care what you do in the bedroom.

[wombat2u2004]

I don't care what you do in the bedroom.

That was going to be my very next post on this thread, but now I'm not going to tell...hee hee

[RICHARD]

The problem with that in the military is that you know EVERYTHING about your battle buddies, and wind up knowing them probably better on most levels than their SO. There is NO privacy in military units whatsoever.

Understood.

I just hate the idea of people being in love and being happier than I am.

[Lady's Human]

As Blue and Puck said, there were people in my units and people I served with who I KNEW were gay. I didn't give a damn. They were soldiers, got the job done, and that was all I was concerned about.

However, I'm not your average basic trainee, and I've seen what happens in those scenarios. It ain't pretty.

[RICHARD]

As Blue and Puck said, there were people in my units and people I served with who I KNEW were gay. I didn't give a damn. They were soldiers, got the job done, and that was all I was concerned about.

However, I'm not your average basic trainee, and I've seen what happens in those scenarios. It ain't pretty.

A question?

I am curious-no, not that way- about who incited the 'problems' when they came up.

Just a percentage?

I get the feeling that mean spirited people were the majority.

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In the old days I had a 'harem' I ate lunch with.

We'd walk into the cafeteria and you would hear us before you saw us..

It got back to me that I was gay because people could not figure out how I could 'roll' with so many woman and not be involved with any of them.

I took it as a badge of honor. I loves me my women...and I realized that hate can be a powerful emotion, especially coming from the Neanderthals on the planet.