Posted on 04/11/2006 2:58:36 PM PDT by Conservative Coulter Fan
No one has used shelter halves in years. I turned mine in because I knew I would never use that piece of crap and it's one less piece of gear to keep up with. I use my poncho and bungee cords or a 8 x 10 foot woodland tarp. It is big enough for two soldiers and all their gear and it's a lot more waterproof.
Not in today's Army it's not. Fraternization is handled pretty harshly, especially if one or both of the parties are mid to senior NCO's and officers.
This is an excellent piece by David Barton. It's just a shame that it is even an issue at all. Homosexual behavior is unnatural - - sexual activity is nature's way to survive and continue as a species, and the physical "parts" were designed specifically for procreation - - and unnatural acts creep people out instinctively. It's not something you need to think about - - you just know it in your gut from the time that you are a child. Whether people can "live and let live" doesn't matter in civilian situations where you can choose the people with whom you live and work.
However, in the risky and deadly serious business of warfare - - where trained, testosterone-fueled combat warriors tape their dogtags together so they don't jingle, and tread carefully through the brush at night with long twigs to check for tripwires - - any distraction can be fatal. To deliberately allow people who engage in creepy, unnatural behavior (sodomy) into the mix would amount to creating an unnecessary distraction. It would be pure idiocy and it would ultimately put lives at risk, all because liberals want to pander to a significant part of their Democrat Party's "base" - - the sodomites.
Probably somewhere in between. Pretty good proof exists that it was a common phenomenon in ancient Greece. Good proof also exists that it was used to slur various peoples too.
Probably existed in Sparta. Probably significant, but not as widespread as people think/thought.
Bingo. The Romans tolerated homosexuals to the point of allowing them to own catamites, young boys passed about for their sexual pleasure. These boys were bought and sold openly by the homosexual community for fun, pleasure, and torture of many of the boys. Sickening thoughts, but I fear we follow the same Roman road.
In the memoirs of Casanova, he recounts his meeting with Frederick the Great of Prussia. He states that Frederick the Great had a regiment of soldiers who all carried a pocket watch. This watch was supposed to be a gift that signified that the possessor had had sex with Frederick.
Many people in European and Hispanic cultures distinguish homosexuality not based on whom a man sleeps with, but if he plays the male or female role in intercourse. The shame isn't so much being homosexual but in being effeminate.
War, I think you're busted.
Again.
Nice catch. :-)
You're definitely right. Ask him to tell you how many books he's written. I'll bet he can't remember from his last little lie. LOL
"It" showed up again? He can't hide his spots. LOL
That attitude is somewhat contrary to military service. In the military if you are told to assault the enemy position in the face of withering enemy fire, you assault the enemy position, even if you are "signing your own death warrant." Same with getting in a B-17 and flying to Nuremberg, even is there is a 1 in 10 chance that you will be shot down and die. You do anyway.
You should review the Medal of Honor citations for Combat Medic Desmond T. Doss Sr. and Thomas W. Bennett.
You recognized his style right off, dbehsman! Look for some freepmail from him if he persists in his MO.
I'd have to agree with him. I would hesitate to help somebody whom I knew to be a flamer if they were bleeding all over the place.
And the hesitation is enough to get you killed.
And wouldn't that be a little bit of heaven for the gays.
He does have a point on homo's in the military... while few in number, they did exist. Manchester writes of at least one in his memoir of the Pacific Theater in WWII... 'Goodbye Darkness'. This individual was a Marine who 'snapped' during a long artillery barrage... a 'model-soldier' till all hell broke loose. He alludes to another... an officer who distinguished himself on Okinawa at 'Sugar-loaf'. If I remember correctly, he received the Navy Cross for his actions.
I'm sure they did exist... but it was never 'excepted' behavior in the armed services.
With 19 years in the US Army and two wars under my belt I hardly think I have a problem defining what is and what is contrary to military service, thank you.
Busted.
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