Gawdzilla -
Everyone knows that "ring-knockers" right out of the Academy don't know their heads from their asses. If not for First Sergeants and CPOs, none of them would make it to being worthwhile officers.
I assure you, that fact is repeatedly drilled into the heads of every cadet at all four Academies. Sadly, some are so arrogant despite such drilling that it doesn't stick. Nature of the beast. I still think the Academy system is more than worth it, and while a lot of the team-building exercises and traditions at the Academies seem silly from the outside, I think it's critical to the development of the "best and brightest" into useful young officers.
Everyone knows that "ring-knockers" right out of the Academy don't know their heads from their asses. If not for First Sergeants and CPOs, none of them would make it to being worthwhile officers.
I assure you, that fact is repeatedly drilled into the heads of every cadet at all four Academies. Sadly, some are so arrogant despite such drilling that it doesn't stick. Nature of the beast. I still think the Academy system is more than worth it, and while a lot of the team-building exercises and traditions at the Academies seem silly from the outside, I think it's critical to the development of the "best and brightest" into useful young officers.
A Christian told me: if you were saved you cant lose your salvation. you're sealed with the Holy Ghost
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
