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5) High put-out to b!tch-out ratio
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
Maybe because I am gay myself and I know (or at least I think I know - like everyone else) what I want in a relationship ...
But wait! Have I been acting too butch around here lately? Wiggy seriously didn't know that I'm gay?!? Damn! For some strange reason I feel rather special about that.
This is ridiculous, weren't you in the army? The odds of you being gay are minimal. I am tired of people feigning homosexuality to win arguments or sympathy, it is a dead end.
I have spent over 20 years in the Army (the last 5 years with the Special Forces).
I originally joined the Army at the age of 17 to try and escape my sexuality (growing-up in a small town in northeastern Ohio didn't help either).
But in reality, the Army brought me out and forced me to realize who I really was. Of course, I had to live a double-life. Survival of the fittest after all.
During my military career, I have personally known/met Generals, Colonels, Lt. Colonels, Majors, Captains, Lieutenants, Sergeant Majors, and a plethora of other less ranking service men and women - all who were gay.
The point is this: Our government wants us to believe that military life is unsuitable for homosexuals. This is absolute bullsh!t.
Gays have been with the military throughout history, and they will be there in the future as well - and they will continue to fight for our country right along side of their heterosexual servicemembers (even it those heterosexual servicemembers don't know of their buddy's sexuality). In the end, it really does not matter. The military is the military - made-up of a diverse grouping of people.
____________________________ "One day if I do go to heaven, I'm going to do what every San Franciscan does who goes to heaven - I'll look around and say, 'It ain't bad, but it ain't San Francisco.'" - Herb Caen, 1996 "If God, as they say, is homophobic, I wouldn't worship that God." - Archbishop Desmond Tutu ____________________________
I am tanked here in my misery thread, alternating between Apolyton and sending emails to this horrible woman, but you will still be no match for me MR WITTLICH.
No one says gays can't fight. The problem is that if they're out of the closet, then numerous problems develop, namely bullying and perhaps they will be hit on during combat or in an important situation. The tank commander might not want his gay crush to go into harm's way, jeopardizing national security and for what? A fling, a gay fling in the desert.
Originally posted by Wittlich
I have spent over 20 years in the Army (the last 5 years with the Special Forces).
Ooo! what did you do?
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
Originally posted by Wiglaf
I am tanked here in my misery thread, alternating between Apolyton and sending emails to this horrible woman, but you will still be no match for me MR WITTLICH.
No one says gays can't fight. The problem is that if they're out of the closet, then numerous problems develop, namely bullying and perhaps they will be hit on during combat or in an important situation. The tank commander might not want his gay crush to go into harm's way, jeopardizing national security and for what? A fling, a gay fling in the desert.
Wiglaf, even though I did not personally know you, I still consider you as an Apolyton friend.
With that thought in mind, please do not take this personally, but your excuse is bull****.
Your reasoning is broken. By this viewpoint, women should not be able to serve either...since a (heterosexual) affair can get in the way to the mission's accomplishment.
What I am saying that it is not about homosexuality or heterosexuality. It is about the mission at hand.
I have to wonder, so corporations (for example Chevron) who embrace their homosexual workers are doomed to failure due to men screwing men and women screwing women on the assembly-line?!? Please.
The Military is, for the most part, like a company - they are paid to do a mission. And the mission is always FIRST.
Your justification: The tank commander might not want his gay crush to go into harm's way, jeopardizing national security and for what? A fling, a gay fling in the desert seriously smacks of sexual discrimination. You really need to open your eyes to the rest of the world.
____________________________ "One day if I do go to heaven, I'm going to do what every San Franciscan does who goes to heaven - I'll look around and say, 'It ain't bad, but it ain't San Francisco.'" - Herb Caen, 1996 "If God, as they say, is homophobic, I wouldn't worship that God." - Archbishop Desmond Tutu ____________________________
____________________________ "One day if I do go to heaven, I'm going to do what every San Franciscan does who goes to heaven - I'll look around and say, 'It ain't bad, but it ain't San Francisco.'" - Herb Caen, 1996 "If God, as they say, is homophobic, I wouldn't worship that God." - Archbishop Desmond Tutu ____________________________
Wiglaf, even though I did not personally know you, I still consider you as an Apolyton friend.
With that thought in mind, please do not take this personally, but your excuse is bull****.
Your reasoning is broken. By this viewpoint, women should not be able to serve either...since a (heterosexual) affair can get in the way to the mission's accomplishment.
What I am saying that it is not about homosexuality or heterosexuality. It is about the mission at hand.
I have to wonder, so corporations (for example Chevron) who embrace their homosexual workers are doomed to failure due to men screwing men and women screwing women on the assembly-line?!? Please.
The Military is, for the most part, like a company - they are paid to do a mission. And the mission is always FIRST.
Your justification: The tank commander might not want his gay crush to go into harm's way, jeopardizing national security and for what? A fling, a gay fling in the desert seriously smacks of sexual discrimination. You really need to open your eyes to the rest of the world.
Yes but on the assembly line there is not a life or death situation. I have had crushes before and I would not want to kill them, and they can be distracting, and in this situation I don't think I should be commanding them. The army should try to limit this.
Now you are kind of right. There must be a better reason, so here's the backup argument, the big one. The army is about machismo, being a tough masculine guy [gays tend to not be this am I right], and when you undermine this, other troops may get upset and bully or harass the homosexual. This accomplishes nothing and to avoid this, we need to keep them in the closet for the purposes of the mission. Since they do not need to be openly gay to do their job anyway.
Yes but on the assembly line there is not a life or death situation. I have had crushes before and I would not want to kill them, and they can be distracting, and in this situation I don't think I should be commanding them. The army should try to limit this.
OK, I see your point (the lack of live ammo) - so how about our Police force? Remember, gays are allowed to serve openly in many states. And my original point still remains: women in the military can be a 'distraction' as well by your argument.
Originally posted by Wiglaf
Now you are kind of right. There must be a better reason, so here's the backup argument, the big one. The army is about machismo, being a tough masculine guy [gays tend to not be this am I right], and when you undermine this, other troops may get upset and bully or harass the homosexual. This accomplishes nothing and to avoid this, we need to keep them in the closet for the purposes of the mission. Since they do not need to be openly gay to do their job anyway.
The army is about machismo, being a tough masculine guy [gays tend to not be this am I right]
WRONG! There are plenty of tough masculine machismo gay men that I know and have known - especially within the military. Trust me, the Nelly queens / effeminates only make up a small portion of the gay population as a whole (you've been watching too much TV)...but I understand your confusion. For some damned reason, the media has adopted this type of person as our poster child. Maybe it's because there is more to work with as far as humour goes...I don't know.
when you undermine this, other troops may get upset and bully or harass the homosexual. This accomplishes nothing and to avoid this, we need to keep them in the closet for the purposes of the mission
There are REGULATIONS. Any bullying, harassment, etc. should not be tolerated. We had this same situation with the integration of African-Americans in the military and later, with the integration of women in the military. We over came those obstacles, we can over come this one as well.
Since they do not need to be openly gay to do their job anyway
Wow! definite sexual prejudice in that simplistic phase. So, on the same line of thought, Heterosexuals do not need to be openly heterosexual to do their job either?
Trust me, heterosexuals are OPEN in their heterosexuality during every waking moment of their job...and what? The sky doesn't fall, the earth doesn't stop rotating, our country does not cease to exist...
So I have a simple question: Why can't we live our lives open and as free as well?
... or are we in-fact, second-class citizens?!?
(sorry about the long post - but many caveats had to be addressed)
____________________________ "One day if I do go to heaven, I'm going to do what every San Franciscan does who goes to heaven - I'll look around and say, 'It ain't bad, but it ain't San Francisco.'" - Herb Caen, 1996 "If God, as they say, is homophobic, I wouldn't worship that God." - Archbishop Desmond Tutu ____________________________
According to Wiglaf, women must have it out for him. They might be right. :mischief: According to Wiglaf, gays never dump other gays in such a cruel world. How does he know that without being part of that culture? That is the only thing I can notice in this whole situation is that he got rejected by a woman, perhaps because he saw that he actually had no feelings for her. So now he is starting show some things that he respects Gays. It is obvious that Wiglaf is gay. Clear as mud on this issue. Now stop pretending and embrace your true self. In fact your name is an anagram of you homosexuality.
Why I'm Gay, Like A F***? Hence Wiglaf.
____________________________ "One day if I do go to heaven, I'm going to do what every San Franciscan does who goes to heaven - I'll look around and say, 'It ain't bad, but it ain't San Francisco.'" - Herb Caen, 1996 "If God, as they say, is homophobic, I wouldn't worship that God." - Archbishop Desmond Tutu ____________________________
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
Asher - you are who you know yourself to be. So if you know yourself as masculine, then you are my dear.
(although I can't say for sure without meeting you - but that's besides the point I wanted to make).
____________________________ "One day if I do go to heaven, I'm going to do what every San Franciscan does who goes to heaven - I'll look around and say, 'It ain't bad, but it ain't San Francisco.'" - Herb Caen, 1996 "If God, as they say, is homophobic, I wouldn't worship that God." - Archbishop Desmond Tutu ____________________________
You are right that gays can be macho. And that women pose a problem for military order. And that heteros do not need to announce their sexuality either.
But don't you think that public displays of homosexuality might invite sexual politics back at base and in the field that have absolutely no place in the army? Regulations are one thing...reality is another. And racism, and sexism have been overcome, but these are psychological problems -- sexual attraction is innate in everyone, and will never go away or be 'overcome.'
Originally posted by classical_hero
According to Wiglaf, women must have it out for him. They might be right. :mischief: According to Wiglaf, gays never dump other gays in such a cruel world. How does he know that without being part of that culture? That is the only thing I can notice in this whole situation is that he got rejected by a woman, perhaps because he saw that he actually had no feelings for her. So now he is starting show some things that he respects Gays. It is obvious that Wiglaf is gay. Clear as mud on this issue. Now stop pretending and embrace your true self. In fact your name is an anagram of you homosexuality.
Why I'm Gay, Like A F***? Hence Wiglaf.
Take a lesson in what an anagram is, and report back. I am straight as an arrow, and simply cannot comprehend sex in other places that have been reported on the internet.
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