Proceedings used to be an interesting read, my dad was a lifetime subscriber, but by the time he passed on, it was already showing its cracks.
Even still, probably interesting to read, I’ll bet there are plenty of articles about environmentally friendly tactics, green fuel, and articles about day care and advancement of women and minorities to command positions.
And the push for unisex uniforms......
Thomas L. Wilkerson
Chief Executive Officer
U.S. Naval Institute, Beach Hall
291 Wood Road
Annapolis, MD 21402
Retired Colonel McKay is on firm ground when he finds comfort in the discussions to date about federal law §654 Policy Concerning Homosexuality and Eliminating DADT, because you have not allowed essays or letters offering substantive information or posing difficult arguments. The Senior Chief is correct in observing that arguments so far are limited to a false dichotomy about social experimentation supported by emotional expositions.
However, such is your clear intent. You failed to respond to the letter and attachments I sent the Proceedings last month. You failed to publish any of my letters, which provide the substantive arguments people of intellectual courage need to engage in meaningful discussions. I wonder how many other letters like mine you need to suppress now that you have been cooped to the homosexual agenda?
In preparing my own letters to USNI, I discovered the Institute published about a dozen articles from December 1992 through April 1993 the last time service of gays in the military was a prominent issue for discussion. This time there have been only three. I would say the current debate inclusive of August and September letters more properly belongs on the editorial page of a local paper.
This time I sent the letter both first class and certified, which is the method courts accept to begin a foreclosure proceeding. At least this way I will have the satisfaction of a legally defined response.
Attachments:
Letter to Paul Merziak
Letter to Editorial Staff RE: Taking Sides: Repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Comment to post concerning Taking Sides: Repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Remind me to post my niece’s boyfriend’s thoughts on women in front line combat. He ended a Marine enlistment last Spring. He was a 240 gunner in some ****hole in Afghanistan, among other billets.