07-29-2008, 06:46 AM
why am i saying anything in a thread like this? this can only lead to bad things...
i think the whole pro-everything-that-has-to-do-with-a-soldier trend has a lot to do with not repeating what happened to soldiers returning from vietnam (if that's the right one... i think), who were totally disrespected and disgraced by americans for doing their job.
anybody who serves honorably deserves to get his or her ass kissed. which is the current trend: strangers shake their hands, they're instantly popular wherever they go, and they can basically get themselves laid at the drop of a dime. no issues with any of that, except maybe a little jealousy, but hey, good for you men and women.
at the same time, there seems to be a kneejerk negative reaction when soldiers in general aren't getting their asses kissed, as if people automatically read it as an insult. although, there are several instances above where that didn't happen. those people deserve their own props, too.
i think the whole pro-everything-that-has-to-do-with-a-soldier trend has a lot to do with not repeating what happened to soldiers returning from vietnam (if that's the right one... i think), who were totally disrespected and disgraced by americans for doing their job.
anybody who serves honorably deserves to get his or her ass kissed. which is the current trend: strangers shake their hands, they're instantly popular wherever they go, and they can basically get themselves laid at the drop of a dime. no issues with any of that, except maybe a little jealousy, but hey, good for you men and women.
at the same time, there seems to be a kneejerk negative reaction when soldiers in general aren't getting their asses kissed, as if people automatically read it as an insult. although, there are several instances above where that didn't happen. those people deserve their own props, too.