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09 Sep 2010, 8:55 pm

It's about damn time.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100910/ap_on_re_us/ca_gays_in_military



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09 Sep 2010, 11:19 pm

my own personal opinion, not that i would EVER impose my opinion..........is that i wish everyone born from this moment forward would be gay. cut down on the 'human infestation' (st-tng shelliock) of planet earth.

ah, so much for dreams.

yes, bout time. shame the usa does not function as the israeli military. if you can breathe, you serve.

the only problem that i can see is those good 'ol redneck hillbilly boys. i spent 4 years in the air force and encountered a few of those guys. bigot? me? i beg to differ. i was born poor white trash....in kentucky......know
a hillbilly when i see one.



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10 Sep 2010, 1:34 am

It will give "guarding the rear" a whole new meaning. :lol:

Do they get separate shower facilities?

When out on patrol, does their lieutenant get to always put them on point and flank positions?

Can a captain put all the gays in the first Humvee traveling in a convoy down a road in the Anbar province, Afghanistan?


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10 Sep 2010, 2:09 am

John_Browning wrote:
It will give "guarding the rear" a whole new meaning. :lol:

Do they get separate shower facilities?

When out on patrol, does their lieutenant get to always put them on point and flank positions?

Can a captain put all the gays in the first Humvee traveling in a convoy down a road in the Anbar province, Afghanistan?


during ww2/korea, they drafted gays, but they had separate units all to themselves. the powers-that-be back then wisely decided that overall manpower trumped all other concerns. my late father told me stories about how it all worked out.



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10 Sep 2010, 2:17 am

auntblabby wrote:
John_Browning wrote:
It will give "guarding the rear" a whole new meaning. :lol:

Do they get separate shower facilities?

When out on patrol, does their lieutenant get to always put them on point and flank positions?

Can a captain put all the gays in the first Humvee traveling in a convoy down a road in the Anbar province, Afghanistan?


during ww2/korea, they drafted gays, but they had separate units all to themselves. the powers-that-be back then wisely decided that overall manpower trumped all other concerns. my late father told me stories about how it all worked out.

Just because it all worked out doesn't mean they can't be put to better use checking for snipers, landmines, and bombs.


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10 Sep 2010, 2:56 am

John_Browning wrote:
Just because it all worked out doesn't mean they can't be put to better use checking for snipers, landmines, and bombs.


that is just mean. :cry:



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10 Sep 2010, 11:01 am

auntblabby wrote:
John_Browning wrote:
Just because it all worked out doesn't mean they can't be put to better use checking for snipers, landmines, and bombs.


that is just mean. :cry:


I think it goes beyond mean; it's hate speech. It's also a violation of the site rules.

John_Browning,

Do you seriously think someone is less deserving of life because they have different preferences than you?



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10 Sep 2010, 12:06 pm

hey philosophy guy, you knew to expect this, right? maybe i'm the worst of all, i pretty much dislike all humans and truly would like to see this potentially wonderful planet wiped clean of all 'people'.



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10 Sep 2010, 1:07 pm

j0sh wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
John_Browning wrote:
Just because it all worked out doesn't mean they can't be put to better use checking for snipers, landmines, and bombs.


that is just mean. :cry:


I think it goes beyond mean; it's hate speech. It's also a violation of the site rules.

John_Browning,

Do you seriously think someone is less deserving of life because they have different preferences than you?


Bullet-stopping is why they let rednecks in, not gays.


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10 Sep 2010, 1:52 pm

danandlouie wrote:
hey philosophy guy, you knew to expect this, right? maybe i'm the worst of all, i pretty much dislike all humans and truly would like to see this potentially wonderful planet wiped clean of all 'people'.


You are talking to me, right? Assuming you are, I knew that DADT would be overturned eventually, I just wasn't expecting it so soon.



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10 Sep 2010, 4:06 pm

danandlouie wrote:
hey philosophy guy, you knew to expect this, right? maybe i'm the worst of all, i pretty much dislike all humans and truly would like to see this potentially wonderful planet wiped clean of all 'people'.


thats hate speech.

you should go to jail for that comment!


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10 Sep 2010, 10:31 pm

to descartes....actually i meant you knew to expect the homophobes to come out. i should have stayed out of this.

to oscuria....perhaps you have friends...maybe you could get one of them to explain 'sarcasm' to you. i assume you live in north korea. that could explain your attitude.



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10 Sep 2010, 10:33 pm

danandlouie wrote:
to descartes....actually i meant you knew to expect the homophobes to come out. i should have stayed out of this.


There are a lot of homophobes on Yahoo News. It's scary. 8O



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10 Sep 2010, 11:03 pm

oscuria wrote:
danandlouie wrote:
hey philosophy guy, you knew to expect this, right? maybe i'm the worst of all, i pretty much dislike all humans and truly would like to see this potentially wonderful planet wiped clean of all 'people'.


thats hate speech.

you should go to jail for that comment!

What crime is alleged to have been committed? No law says someone cannot "pretty much dislike all humans", and plenty of people believe human beings are destroying this "potentially wonderful planet".

For the record: I have no such feelings of my own.


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10 Sep 2010, 11:19 pm

danandlouie wrote:
to oscuria....perhaps you have friends...maybe you could get one of them to explain 'sarcasm' to you. i assume you live in north korea. that could explain your attitude.


i find your suggestion laughable...in fact im laughing right now.


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10 Sep 2010, 11:24 pm

Also, for the record, I'm pretty sure that oscuria was being sarcastic with his "hate speech" remark.