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To: Red Badger

Just because yah wear a uniform don’t mean you are a good guy.

Don’t forget, it used to be common for a judge to give a about-to-be sentenced thug a choice: prison or service.


3 posted on 10/31/2025 6:59:50 PM PDT by bobbo666
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To: bobbo666

One of the best men in our community did exactly that. He took service and he became a pillar.


7 posted on 10/31/2025 7:22:27 PM PDT by WinstonSmith1984 (Make 1984 fiction again.)
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To: bobbo666

“””””Don’t forget, it used to be common for a judge to give a about-to-be sentenced thug a choice: prison or service.”””””

Not for serious crimes like this, and I don’t think it was after convictions, my memory is that it was about directing teen male energy into the military if it seemed like a good kid who had taken a joy ride or other rambunctious teen male energies that didn’t indicate a criminal personality, but just a boy who needed to be steered in the right direction.


22 posted on 11/01/2025 1:44:27 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: bobbo666

Did he know that she was 12?

Did she lie?


25 posted on 11/01/2025 3:59:47 AM PDT by Chickensoup
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To: bobbo666

(Don’t forget, it used to be common for a judge to give an about-to-be sentenced thug a choice: prison or service.)

True, however, our Armed Forces can, and do, recruit to a higher standard in recent times. It took my Son almost a year to enlist in the USCG. At-home interviews with Feds, credit score check, and extensive background checks were conducted to clear him.


27 posted on 11/01/2025 5:22:24 AM PDT by sgt_lau (Islamophobic? No. I reject a 7th century death-cult that demands non-believers like me, dead.)
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