Dont Send Cute Young Girls On The Battlefield, Send This One Instead!

[MarkG]

Originally posted by MichaeltheGreat
Most PR people I've dealth with take the view that any publicity is good publicity.

tell that to the Dixie Chicks

They're adults.

they are not adults enough to drink but they can decide if they are willing to die on the battlefield for their country. ok....

Hard to convince 30 year olds to join for E1 pay.

so the american goverment fools young people into sending them to die? who's in bad taste?

[TheStinger]

Originally posted by MarkG


they are not adults enough to drink but they can decide if they are willing to die on the battlefield for their country. ok....

I always though that strange. British soldiers will be able to get drunk though

[MarkG]

Originally posted by TheStinger
British soldiers will be able to get drunk though

we always knew british had more logic than americans in fact i wouldnt be surprised if beer was part of the British soldier's equipment under the hot desert sun

[Chemical Ollie]

19 year olds of any gender are more "expendable" than 30 year olds who have kids to support. But the best option would of course be to not send them at all. What are they doing there anyway?

[MarkG]

dont send 20-year old boys either...

Soldier Says He's Conscientious Objector

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20030401_2119.html

Funk said he began doubting his fitness for military service during basic training last spring when he felt uncomfortable singing cadence calls that described violence and screaming "Kill, kill, kill."

btw, this incredibly signficant story of a single soldier who objects the war is on the first page of abcnews.....

[Sarxis]

Originally posted by MarkG
2) the US army for sending 19 year old girls in the battlefield

So you are against women in the military?

[MarkG]

Originally posted by Anun Ik Oba
So you are against women in the military?

i guess you didnt read the whole thread

[Sarxis]

Originally posted by MarkG
i guess you didnt read the whole thread

You got me there.

[btw... the drinking laws don't restrict consumption for people under age 21 in the States, it only restricts public possession and purchase.]

[MarkG]

Originally posted by Anun Ik Oba
[btw... the drinking laws don't restrict consumption for people under age 21 in the States, it only restricts public possession and purchase.]

if that was an attempt to make the US look more logic, you failed

[TheStinger]

Originally posted by Anun Ik Oba


You got me there.

[btw... the drinking laws don't restrict consumption for people under age 21 in the States, it only restricts public possession and purchase.]

So at the civic receptions for their homecomings 18-20 yearold soldiers won't be able to drink an alcoholic toast to theri country

[connorkimbro]

my experience:

legally under 21 year old US service members, aren't allowed to drink.

the reality is (for the most part) that as long as "the law" doesn't catch them, their superiors don't care.

[TheStinger]

Originally posted by connorkimbro
my experience:

legally under 21 year old US service members, aren't allowed to drink.

the reality is (for the most part) that as long as "the law" doesn't catch them, their superiors don't care.

I figured that would be the case, but I do just find it strange a country can send its young men across the worls to shoot people, but says they are breaking the law by having a drink.

[Jon Miller]

it does wonderous things for the number of trafic related deaths

much more than lowering the speed limit to 55 (which we tried also)

Jon Miller

[TheStinger]

In the UK older people are far more likely to be caught drink driving. This is not to say that 18-21 don't kill themselves with alarming regularity on the roads, they do.

[Jon Miller]

raising the drinking age to 21 had a huge impact on the number of alcohol related fatalities on the roads

that is the reason why it is so important

Jon Miller