From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Sat Jul 03 2004 - 14:29:14 PDT
At 1:41 PM -0700 7/3/04, Paul A. Thomas wrote:
>I have to agree with Ida: everyone should serve a year or two.
>
>1: You are re-paying the country for allowing
>you to live here. SOMEone has to pay the price,
>why not everyone?
Because the Army isn't big enough? The Army has
been picky and choosey for quite some time now.
They've been able to afford to do so on the basis
of allowed head count.
>2: People put through basic, AIT, then some kind
>of service ( how about rebuilding the damaged
>highway infrastructure around the US instead of
>service in the Army? ) and they find that people
>of another group they hated... well at least
>some of them aren't so bad. As it stands now
>many young people dwell within only their own
>'people' be that ethnic, religious, whatever for
>most of their formative years?
Because most of that work requires some skill and
training in the field of engineering or machine
operation. You want to switch to the Chinese mode
of construction? Thousands of people with shovels?
>3: It might also give the adults of the future a
>common base set of manners, depending on how
>they are brain washed, rinsed and folded by the
>PTB. How many people who explode on the road or
>a post office were grumbling about whatever
>slights they felt they endured prior to 'going
>off'? If the vast majority of people feel X is
>rude then most people will avoid doing it.
So where is this manner's class? Is it in basic/boot or in AIT?
How many ex service men have I heard of or met
that have been rude regardless of service? We
have USN Vietnam Vet at work that's a complete
and utter ass. Even the Vietnam USNC Vet says
he's a complete jerk. "He's a fucking squid, all
he know's how to do is scream and write people
up."
>4: It might cut down stupid fire arm accidents.
>Like driving an M543A2, you need some training
>and time with weapons or accidents are a lot
>more likely to occur.
And there are how many AD's in the military at firing ranges?
>5: What if the Govt funded a half year of state
>college for each year served? Or some such.. it
>might help promote higher levels of education.
>No, no idea where the money would come from.
BINGBINGBING...how to pay for it? You finally get
to the crux of the problem. More federal programs
for the education of the masses paid for by those
that do.
The point of the Military is defense. Not as a finishing school for citizens.
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Ryan Gill rmgill@SPAMmindspring.com
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