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Parents, what would your reaction be...
no_email 3 Reviews 1889 reads
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if your son or daughter, said they wanted to serve in the military?

 
Would your reaction be different, depending on the sex of the child enlisting?

Madison_Ohare330 reads

can be a wonderful path for men to grow up and become responsible for something bigger than themselves.  my family has sacrificed enough for my unborn grandchildren, in my opinion.  But if I have a grandchild with dicipline problems one day, I would have the way the options of it still being wartime.

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willywonka4u469 reads

...when I was 18 a Marine recruiter came knocking on my door. I seriously considered joining. And then I read General Smedley Butler's book War Is A Racket. Ultimately, I decided not to be a thug for corporate America.

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GaGambler351 reads

It's quite another to be a poorly paid one that is likely to get his ass shot off.

I did my time in the military, and I don't regret it for a minute, but if I were in my late teens today, I wouldn't consider it even for a minute.

I have to agree with the mainly lefty idea of reviving the draft and making the sons/daughters of privelege serve right along with "expendable" poor kids.

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inicky46351 reads

Even when there was a draft, because of exemptions, many of "the sons/daughters of privilege" stayed out.  Most of the grunts in 'Nam were blue collar.
BTW, Willy, so what are you now?  A thug for the Federal Government?  LOL!

-- Modified on 5/29/2013 3:46:22 PM

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willywonka4u318 reads

lol. No, Nicky, I'm a regulator who gets the joy of forcing corporations to obey the law, and sometimes gets the joy of fining them, and once in a blue moon, I get to raid them. Let me tell ya, those raids are more fun than field trips ever were in school. This anti-capitalist has to get his jollies somehow. :)

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613spades396 reads

The sexual assaults on females would make me do every thing I could to stop a daughter from joining. A son I'd probably try to talk them out of it, maybe if they were through college and entering with a special skill or rank. I don't regret serving but definitely see the down side to it.  

Posted By: bigvern
if your son or daughter, said they wanted to serve in the military?  
   
   
 Would your reaction be different, depending on the sex of the child enlisting?

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SinCitySinner326 reads

would more depend upon who is in the White House..

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RRO2610433 reads

for such a horribly managed and historically ungrateful employer"?

http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/news/military-sexual-assault-cases-rise-nationwide/nX6Ty/

 I'm just thankful I'm NOT a parent.

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