Autism - The signing of a disabled Portland man despite warnings reflects problems nationally for military enlistment | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 8250 Canada 05/08/2006 04:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Autism - The signing of a disabled Portland man despite warnings reflects problems nationally for military enlistment >"If he went to Iraq and got hurt or killed," Paul Guinther said, "I couldn't live with myself knowing I didn't try to stop it."< An honourable sentiment as a parent I'd fight like hell too, and the recruiters are plainly just filling their quotas but...what about the thousands upon thousands of American and Iraqi lives that have been wasted because nobody bothered to 'stop it' until it affected them personally? |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 70582 United States 05/08/2006 04:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Autism - The signing of a disabled Portland man despite warnings reflects problems nationally for military enlistment The recruiters are being unethical bastards. They know this poor kid will end up dead. But you have an excellent point. Someone should have stopped this long before it ever started. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 90730 United States 05/08/2006 05:04 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Autism - The signing of a disabled Portland man despite warnings reflects problems nationally for military enlistment The military establishment does not care about the life of any single member, nor of our service men/women as a whole. They only care about the imperialistic desires of PNAC and tptb. I have come across several young men who, at the ages of 17-20 are enlisting, because they have no future in the workforce, and some because their parents are forcing them to by evicting them from the home. One young man, a neighbor of my parents, was held back in elementary school, and now that he is 18, but still has 1 yr left of high school after this year ends, is being kicked out of his parents' home, and his father has required him to go take his GED and took him to the recruiters to enlist him. I've spoken with these young men, and their future outlooks on life are more bleak than I ever remember having. They see no other choice, and believe all the bs about bonus, college tuition monies, benefits packages, etc. But they have been so brainwashed in the indoctrination centers, that they dont believe a single word of how the military lies, distorts, and could care less whether they live or die. It's a sad reality, especially since recruiters are highly pressuring, and going after, even mentally handicapped individuals. |
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User ID: 79203 United States 05/08/2006 06:04 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Autism - The signing of a disabled Portland man despite warnings reflects problems nationally for military enlistment makes me want to fuck with them a little bit. when facism comes to Amerika, it will come wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross. sinclair lewis He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you. neitsche |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 91056 United States 05/08/2006 09:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Autism - The signing of a disabled Portland man despite warnings reflects problems nationally for military enlistment Got the same thing going on at home right now OP. They don't want any "disabled" anybody. Since the disabled are protected by law, they go to Plan B: Plan B: = look for something else to call it. That way it ain't their problem anymore. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 91056 United States 05/08/2006 09:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Autism - The signing of a disabled Portland man despite warnings reflects problems nationally for military enlistment We've got a culture of "do it, do it now and later we can use our clever brains to craft some passable excuse". Whats the excuse for sending a cripple kid off to get injured or killed in a two-bit war over money? |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 2394678 United States 12/04/2011 02:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Autism - The signing of a disabled Portland man despite warnings reflects problems nationally for military enlistment Bump. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 91056 Got the same thing going on at home right now OP. They don't want any "disabled" anybody. Since the disabled are protected by law, they go to Plan B: Plan B: = look for something else to call it. That way it ain't their problem anymore. They know the disabled won't get through basic training so they figure it's not a problem if they recruit them to help their quota. |
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