re: Calling BTHog to the flight deck.

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Well this thread rustled some jimmies.


Hog on Hog violence is never appreciated. If you badge bunnies approach being a civil servant with a slanted biased mindset from the get go and not with an unbiased, objective mindset that only considers the facts and evidence then you're not serving and protecting, you're oppressing those that depend on you.

just. $.02 worth.

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My jimmies aren't rustled at all, actually. I'm firm in my opinion on the matter and will happily defend myself if someone asks.

I have no problem with anyone in uniform and respect those that do it primarily for love of their country/safety of society, but I just don't drink the koolaid that many in our society do in that if you join the military you magically become a hero. The fact of the matter is that many of these people join the military because it pays the bills, has good benefits, and end up having a desk job like the rest of us. Sure, they may get deployed but they signed up for that and even then most are rarely in any danger. I have plenty of friends that are in the military that tell me this on a regular basis.

I have to leave for weeks at a time for my work on a regular basis, and I'm oftentimes in the same level of danger as many of these infantrymen. Am I a hero? Not at all. It's just two groups doing the job they signed up for.