RE: Veteran's day shout out to those who sacrificed to protect and defend.
November 12, 2014 at 6:04 am
No offense to anyone, but I've pretty well had it with the never-ending panegyrics that make military personnel out to be some special class of person. Did I say 'person'? I meant 'archangel'.
They're no different than anyone else. Some of them are exemplary human beings, some of them are scum. People who are not forced into military service tend to join up either in a fit of nationalism (which a good deal of them come to regret) or because they aren't trained or fit for anything in the private sector.
And before I'm lambasted over this:
-One of my brothers served in the RAF.
-Another was in the Royal Marines.
-My mother was a medic in the Vietnam war.
I've got two nephews and two nieces in the military.
Soldiers do a fine job, generally. But then, so do butchers, bakers and candlestick makers.
Boru
They're no different than anyone else. Some of them are exemplary human beings, some of them are scum. People who are not forced into military service tend to join up either in a fit of nationalism (which a good deal of them come to regret) or because they aren't trained or fit for anything in the private sector.
And before I'm lambasted over this:
-One of my brothers served in the RAF.
-Another was in the Royal Marines.
-My mother was a medic in the Vietnam war.
I've got two nephews and two nieces in the military.
Soldiers do a fine job, generally. But then, so do butchers, bakers and candlestick makers.
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
