First you say this:
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Originally Posted by IncaD
the military is for losers. we do need them and i'm thankful they are there, just like i'm thankful there is someone to fry up my cheeseburger at McDonalds.
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Then This:
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Originally Posted by IncaD
listen, i'm not saying good things don't come out of serving in the military. what i'm saying is that the self development gained through the military should have taken place at home so that parents don't have to rely on the military to turn their wild boys into men.
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Originally Posted by IncaD
but when you look at successful parents who have good jobs and have taught their kids well, virtually none of them have kids in the military. it's extremely rare.
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I can agree with this at some level, but not every person in the military had fucked up parents. Many YOUNGER soldiers, when they first join at ages of 17 or 18 or 19, and just graduated high school, maybe they need some developing. At what point is it no longer the parents fault? My parents were failures through-and-through, and many of those reasons are why I joined. However, My buddies parents are buying a 4th vacation home in Belize, and another guy grew up in private schools, and has been to college for 4 years (successfully) and still enlisted. Are you also implying that the officers in the military are losers? College graduates, some of whom have always wanted to be in the military.
So if the "losers" only applies to enlisted soldiers,
and as I just said, many Officers have always wanted to be in the Military,
is it not possible that there is a lot enlisted soldiers who either A) Just wanted to be in the military more than going to college first (and many of whom go "Green to Gold" or the other several programs to become an officer) or B) didn't have the means to go to college first, so joined in order to get the GI Bill and go to college on a free ride? Finally, C) maybe they just wanted to join just because they could and wanted to change their life for the better, and stop smoking pot and do something with their lives.
The follow is an irrelevant and ridiculous opinion from an ignorant and self-righteous moron.
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Originally Posted by IncaD
which is why i said, if your kid joins the military, you are a failed parent 99% of the time. the other 1% would be like the McDonalds burger flipper who knew he was going to go on to become the regional manager.
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There is certainly SOME "losers" in the military services. Many don't even make it through basic training. Many get to their unit, and decide they are worthless pieces of shit and do something stupid and get kicked out, and many just get ridiculed and don't advance with their peers because of it.
