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Viewpoint Does Matter
There's an awful lot of finger-pointing, name calling, and universal condemnation going on here. No, I'm not talking about muslims or arabs or any of them. I'm talking about YOU AND ME. The people on this board.
When you decide that a person is this or that, take into account BEFORE you speak, that people here are from many different viewpoints. Some you may not understand.
Some of us are war veterans. Some come from a long line of family military history. Some are mama's boys that have rarely left their bedroom and their entire perspective is gained from CNN. And there are many others. I will speak only from my perspective.
For those of you who have no idea what it means to be a soldier, it's not a happy little dream world of college SATs and beer bongs. It makes NO difference what reason someone may have enlisted, (college credit, mad at mom & dad...) the bottom line is they are PAID KILLERS. And if you think they are anything less, then you probably also think Barney is a real dinosaur. Military personnel are trained to kill. Period. They live and breathe it. If you think we send soldiers off to foreign lands to go TALK to our enemies... better wake up.
As a part of this training and lifestyle, a certain mindset MUST be in place. That mindset is one of dark humor and deadly seriousness. Dark humor is the mindset that every police officer, fireman, soldier, FBI Agent, etc... MUST have in order to do their job.
I realize that alot of you may not understand this. But DO NOT mistake this for racism. Racism is an ugly thing, and no one will argue that except racists. I also understand that alot of you may still be very wet behind the ears and have snot still running from your noses. That's fine. But it's hard for you to comment on things you cannot understand. And branding someone a racist because it's the first word you could come up with, only thing you know how to do, or simply don't understand basic facts of life is wrong and damaging.
Viewpoint DOES matter.
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