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Cadet quits, cites overt religion at West Point
Associated Press ^
| 12/5/12
| Michael Hill
Posted on 12/06/2012 8:21:03 AM PST by crosshairs
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To: ksen
"I love the Christ-like compassion in this thread."
Oh please! If he'd left the school to go home to help his mother or siblings get through his father's suicide, then I'd have more compassion for him, but he's blaming religion at the school for his departure.
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posted on
12/06/2012 12:39:25 PM PST
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: ksen
"For one his father hadn't killed himself until just recently. "
According to the article, his father committed suicide last year, not this year.
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posted on
12/06/2012 12:58:05 PM PST
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: ksen
"For one his father hadn't killed himself until just recently. "
According to the article, his father committed suicide last year, not this year.
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posted on
12/06/2012 12:58:24 PM PST
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: mass55th
Oh please! If he'd left the school to go home to help his mother or siblings get through his father's suicide, then I'd have more compassion for him, but he's blaming religion at the school for his departure.because christ reserved his compassion only for those he felt deserved it . . . never for his enemies.
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posted on
12/06/2012 1:02:17 PM PST
by
ksen
To: ozzymandus
"Reading the articles, it becomes obvious that he’s just making excuses for flunking out"
Exactly! He had no "problems" for 3.5 years, then ALL OF A SUDDEN, his "atheism" is just simply not tolerated?
His anxiety and depression was the likely reason for his (honorable) discharge, and he used "atheism" as a rather flimsy excuse.
No shame in getting an honorable discharge for having something you can't control like mental illness.
Blaming "religion" is pathetic, and frankly disgusting.
The MSM should be ashamed for holding this unfortunate man up as some kind of "hero". He's not.
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posted on
12/06/2012 1:24:22 PM PST
by
boop
("I need another Cutty Sark"-LBJ)
To: crosshairs
He should try Cuba instead.
To: MasterGunner01
My friend’s son received an appointment, he is in his second year.....the scholarship was $180K for the four years.
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posted on
12/06/2012 4:26:37 PM PST
by
svcw
(Why is one cell on another planet considered life, and in the womb it is not.)
To: MasterGunner01
Check that, my friend’s son is at Annapolis.......sorry.
My guess, the scholarships are similar in dollars.
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posted on
12/06/2012 4:30:55 PM PST
by
svcw
(Why is one cell on another planet considered life, and in the womb it is not.)
To: crosshairs
Page said he had been medically disqualified this semester from receiving a commission in the Army as a second lieutenant - like his classmates will receive in May - because of clinical depression and anxiety. He said his condition has gotten worse since his father killed himself last year. It strikes me as very likely that this guy is mentally ill, very like his father was, but these days, we have support groups all over the place for what we used to call quite honestly nut cases.
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