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Actually, I’m smiling. I ripped you a new one and your response was pretty well written.

You made me think of myself your age - gloriously arrogant, brimming with ideals, sure-footed in dangerous terrain, callow beyond my knowing. At that’s normal, really, especially for people blessed with intelligence. That’s different from wisdom. But I liked your answer.

However, I need to point something out that’s hard for a young person to really appreciate. Mike Adams thinks he’s better than you because he has accomplished more, learned more, and experienced more than you. He’s fought his way to the top of that ivory tower. He appears to be looking down on you because that’s his vantage point. And you, God bless you, are expressing the frustration of youth looking up at the old guy standing in your way. It is the way of life. I experienced those feelings, too. We all do.

And since you’re going into the military soon, let me just smile at the notion that a stuck-up windbag is better than you. You’re about to meet that windbag in boot camp, and throughout your career. And you’ll remain where you are until you are dismissed.

Someday you’ll be up there with Mike Adams. Your second post confirms that. And you’ll probably be a hard ass, too. So thanks for softening my heart and changing my mind. Good post.

In any case, be well and have a good life.