Not particularly no, but if I was in a situation such as a public gym or something of that nature I wouldn't have much of a choice. Do I come in contact with gay people outside of that situation...probably on a daily basis in my business, and neighbors.Meggie wrote:would you want to shower with someone who is openly gay? The issue is not a moral one.. the military isnt saying that its wrong to be gay, they are just saying that with quarters being as close as they are in the military being gay may cause uneeded stress on both sides. I think the showering thing is the main thing that makes it different then any/most other jobs.
Im not looking for a reason to disagree but when you put it in a way that it makes it sound like its no different from any other job or that it may be better in some ways as far as keeping a person out of trouble etc etc as to the reasoning for why they should be allowed just as any other business should be is when I brought that point up.But now your just reaching for reasons to disagree.. do you disagree with recruiters being in schools because u think they are trying to rob young children of an education or because they dont allow openly gay homosexuals?
As im sure you already know, the military does allow gay people. It just so on the 'dont ask, dont tell' policy. You can be gay all you want, but you cant run around the baracks in nothing but your little brown breifs talking about how you want to bone that hot sergeant bigness..
It is a form of subliminal advertising. It is a little unfair. It also makes it seem as though being in wartime is something thats fun and video games galore, when its not.And again about the tricked out humvee... i agreed it is being used to attract kids.. but so what if the 10 year old kid likes it. It does no harm to him, if it attracts an 18 year old to join, then so what?
My main beef is its wartime and its a questionable war. At a time when kids should be learning and making something with their lives , you end up with some overzealous recruiter signing them up and taking away their chance at an education only to end up doing patrols in a desert town in Iraq learning nothing. They have ads galore on TV and games on the internet and cool videos for the kids to see on the various military sites and of course the recruiters offices and I think that should be more then sufficient to cover things.
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) I have now lived in paradise for 26 years, have a beutiful family and a great job a modest home... I attribute that to my great upbringing (Mom) and the experiences I got from the USCG. I am now better tuned into people from all over the country because I served with people from every state. I am more tolerant of different people because of the disipline installed in my training. Its not for everyone but not everything is.
