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|    BOB KLAHN to BOB BREED    |
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|    12 Mar 12 02:59:34    |
       ...               DD>> Read and dismissed them as extremely ostrich-like. Some folks are not        DD>> fit/capable of military service - which is the big stick that the        DD>> objectors have shoved. ram-rod like, up their backsides. But, everyone        DD>> can do *something* for the good of the country ... and thus be invested        DD>> in its success.               BB> But does it have to be under the umbrella of the military?        BB> That is you must go into the military, and THEY decide        BB> what you do, that is they say the handicapped go count        BB> penguins.               Or operate radios? Or fly drones? Or be clerks? Or monitor        security systems?               Hell, a lot of handicaps don't preclude sitting in a window of a        security position and shooting people climbing over the fence.               BB> Not in favor of that one - however I feel you should do        BB> something, and the best director may not be the military.        BB> Fine point, but a very important one to me. (Being ex-Navy        BB> during the K war, I've seen the military in action - still        BB> have bad dreams when I recall the way decisions were made.)        BB> :)               We, the unwilling, led by the incompetent, to do the        unnecessary, for the ungrateful.               Old military saying.               BB> Then ya have to decide about the gals - and that's the real        BB> killer IMO.               That's the incentive for the men to serve without fighting it.               OTOH, they can kill people too. It's their right!                     BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn              ... "Adventure is someone else, far-far away having a heck of a bad time"       --- Via Silver Xpress V4.5/P [Reg]        * Origin: Fidonet Since 1991 And Still Here. Join Us: www.DocsPl (1:123/140)    |
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