tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769309.post110541991420133691..comments2023-07-08T04:04:25.417-04:00Comments on Misanthropicity: THE MAGNET IS THE MESSAGEUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769309.post-1105596246269513642005-01-13T01:04:00.000-05:002005-01-13T01:04:00.000-05:00I understand your position, Anonymous, but I try t...I understand your position, Anonymous, but I try to keep in mind the possible origins of military experience in the same way I think of other distasteful things — including even crime, although the metaphor may be offensive to some. It's grand liberal behavior to look at something reprehensible and try to tackle root causes instead of hacking away fruitlessly at the weeds that result. Islamists Scape7https://www.blogger.com/profile/18235246448706002163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769309.post-1105565123004031162005-01-12T16:25:00.000-05:002005-01-12T16:25:00.000-05:00I am so sick of this Support the troops’ Bullshit,...I am so sick of this Support the troops’ Bullshit, It’s nothing but the Bush’s macho foreign policy agenda.<br />I haven’t seen a “Support the Truth” “Support the Peace” Sticker around. <br /><br />So fuck the troops and whoever would kill for these crazy republicans.<br /><br />This so “politically correct” nation is dragging a lot of resources into costly wars (to keep it’s oil supply) while Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769309.post-1105509809873630452005-01-12T01:03:00.000-05:002005-01-12T01:03:00.000-05:00I guess it wasn't a very funny joke, then.I guess it wasn't a very funny joke, then.Scape7https://www.blogger.com/profile/18235246448706002163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769309.post-1105432026358564242005-01-11T03:27:00.000-05:002005-01-11T03:27:00.000-05:00That's actually exactly what this is. You can choo...That's actually exactly what <A HREF="http://www.blogger.com/r?http%3A%2F%2Fwww.anysoldier.com%2Findex.cfm">this is</A>. You can choose the unit your soldier's in, you can choose what gender soldier you get. If they're looking for something specific, like the medical unit with the vegan, you can even pretty much choose your soldier.<br /><br />I'm thinking of shipping my little box of hot Indrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13752279328772167047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769309.post-1105424080347182242005-01-11T01:14:00.000-05:002005-01-11T01:14:00.000-05:00Thanks, Indri. You just reminded me of a joke I sh...Thanks, Indri. You just reminded me of a joke I shared years ago that grew out of a conversation with ... someone. It started with the implausibility of finding someone who <EM>didn't</EM> support the troops and wound up with the idea that instead of supporting the troops, plural, you could support a troop, singular. That you could select a soldier, as though you were adopting, and perhaps there Scape7https://www.blogger.com/profile/18235246448706002163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769309.post-1105423612689516852005-01-11T01:06:00.000-05:002005-01-11T01:06:00.000-05:00Yow! Marc nails it again!
Although there's an und...Yow! Marc nails it again!<br /><br />Although there's an underlying piece that I think is important--namely, that those kids don't come home (those that are coming home) to the kind of reception our Vietnam vets got. But we can let them know we're thinking of them by saving the magnet money and buying things like instant coffee, magazines, phone cards, flak jackets--you know, all the comforts of Indrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13752279328772167047noreply@blogger.com