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"Forty Two" <FourtyTwo@NoAddress.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 5 May 2005 19:13:34 -0400, Giftzwerg
> <giftzwerg999@NOSPAMZ.hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >And the latest "poor and downtrodden" friend of mine who was dispatched
> >to Iraq with his unit was a finance and insurance manager with a six-
> >figure income.
> >
> >I'm curious; is he only "poor and downtrodden" when he's actually
> >serving his country?
> >
>
> I will hazard a guess that he is speaking in generalities, and you are
> speaking in anecdotes. I suppose it is fairly easy to poke holes in
> each others arguments when each is arguing on a different scale (or
> even a different topic).
>
> During Vietnam there was a "general trend" for those who could afford
> college, to get college deferments. Now, with the all volunteer army,
> there is a "general trend" that- those with few job prospects, would
> consider the military a better choice than those with hot job skills.
>
> This does not suggest that the term "general trend" applies to 100%
> of the populace.
>
>
gifty thinks if he can find one exception then it is not true in general,
of course when a rich kid like kerry goes off and fights its because he was
a goddamed liar while the shrub was the very pinacle of self sacrifice, why
with everybody of at war somebody had to defend alabama even i it meant
having to go awol. the shrub,dick, and rove had to sacrifice their dreams
of military glory by going to school and accepting deferments but they are
making sure that others are a getting a chance to get what they missed what
great guys they are..
"nodody dies" dana andrews , in a walk in the sun.
"Forty Two" <FourtyTwo@NoAddress.invalid> wrote in message
news:1115474274.3476b77fcec68d6d909cb2352c47f39d@1usenet...
> On Thu, 5 May 2005 19:13:34 -0400, Giftzwerg
> <giftzwerg999@NOSPAMZ.hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >And the latest "poor and downtrodden" friend of mine who was dispatched
> >to Iraq with his unit was a finance and insurance manager with a six-
> >figure income.
> >
> >I'm curious; is he only "poor and downtrodden" when he's actually
> >serving his country?
> >
>
> I will hazard a guess that he is speaking in generalities, and you are
> speaking in anecdotes. I suppose it is fairly easy to poke holes in
> each others arguments when each is arguing on a different scale (or
> even a different topic).
>
> During Vietnam there was a "general trend" for those who could afford
> college, to get college deferments. Now, with the all volunteer army,
> there is a "general trend" that- those with few job prospects, would
> consider the military a better choice than those with hot job skills.
>
> This does not suggest that the term "general trend" applies to 100%
> of the populace.
>
>
gifty thinks if he can find one exception then it is not true in general,
of course when a rich kid like kerry goes off and fights its because he was
a goddamed liar while the shrub was the very pinacle of self sacrifice, why
with everybody of at war somebody had to defend alabama even i it meant
having to go awol. the shrub,dick, and rove had to sacrifice their dreams
of military glory by going to school and accepting deferments but they are
making sure that others are a getting a chance to get what they missed what
great guys they are..
"nodody dies" dana andrews , in a walk in the sun.