Army suicide rate "terrifying"

[chequita guevara]

I'm sorry, Ben. I never should have said this.

Ben Kenobi is stubborn, insufficiently skeptical of his sources, and I often disagree with him. But I can't recall him being anything but polite.

You are mistaking fake politeness for real politeness. Ben is actually extremely rude. His attacks on gays can't be considered anything but hateful. He just masks it with a gentle style. So what? He's still an ass.

[DinoDoc]

It is not like the Iraq War can shower someone with glory.

I've never heard of a glorious war. Would you be willing to list a few?

Everybody sees it as a mistake, those guys endured horrible things for a mistake.

Why has the army been meeting or exceeding its reenlistment goals?

[chequita guevara]

economic crisis maybe?

[Patroklos]

Yeah, I am pretty sure you need to take a look at whats going on in Iraq today Uni, your assumtions about how the troops feel about it is way off.

[DinoDoc]

economic crisis maybe?

That was a trend that started in 05.

[Tuberski]

Yeah, I am pretty sure you need to take a look at whats going on in Iraq today Uni, your assumtions about how the troops feel about it is way off.

He didn't say that the troops felt that way, he's saying these soldiers may have felt that way. The military isn't a hive mind, you know.

ACK!

[Felch]

You are mistaking fake politeness for real politeness. Ben is actually extremely rude. His attacks on gays can't be considered anything but hateful. He just masks it with a gentle style. So what? He's still an ass.

That's entirely possible. I'm just trying to see the bet in everyone. I like Ben because he doesn't get all childish. He might hate gays, but he at least acts appropriately on an online forum.

Comrade, I like you because you did your best to show those bastards in Congress that the government is here for all people, and not just those who already have their foot in the door. That and you're always bringing yet another minority viewpoint to Apolyton. I've been to sites where everyone is just echoing back and forth, and they're very dull. Without you Che, this site wouldn't be the same.

This is for you!

[chequita guevara]

That was a trend that started in 05.

Then why has the military been whining about missing its quotas? Also member that they've had to lower their standards.

[DinoDoc]

Then why has the military been whining about missing its quotas? Also member that they've had to lower their standards.

Reenlistments are different from enlistments, che. They have been missing the enlistment quota but that isn't relevent to this discussion IMO.

[chequita guevara]

ah, ok.

[MrFun]

That's entirely possible. I'm just trying to see the bet in everyone. I like Ben because he doesn't get all childish. He might hate gays, but he at least acts appropriately on an online forum.

Repeatedly lying out of habit, deliberately distorting facts, and misportraying other people's points of their arguments are not appropriate behavior in an online forum.

[MOBIUS]

That's entirely possible. I'm just trying to see the bet in everyone. I like Ben because he doesn't get all childish. He might hate gays, but he at least acts appropriately on an online forum.

So it's OK to hate gays as long as he's polite about it.

[DaShi]

Ben slandered me! Terribly like!

[MOBIUS]

But it's okaaaaaaaay, Dashi. He was polite about it.

[Felch]

Repeatedly lying out of habit, deliberately distorting facts, and misportraying other people's points of their arguments are not appropriate behavior in an online forum.

Well, to be honest, that's about 90% of what goes on online. You're right though, dishonesty does drag down the forums.

I haven't noticed him being dishonest, but I don't care much about the gay threads. I believe you've got your reasons not to like the guy. I'm just saying that I don't feel the hatred for him that the rest of you guys do.