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The entire thread was worth reading for that statement alone.
Re: marco
gardenweasel said:
The entire thread was worth reading for that statement alone.
Nfl's Tillmen killed today in afgan.
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Scott4USC said:
I feel the same way as Fletcher. So you won't mind if we post in threads you deem important, especially later this year when you start whining about USC not being ranked #1 and on and on. Life must be a bitch. http://www.objector.org/advice/contents.html
Fight On!
Good post dogface. :toast:
Chanman
I always encourage and challenge people to post in my threads if they agree or disagree with my opinion. As long as they do so intellectually.
I always encourage and challenge people to post in my threads if they agree or disagree with my opinion. As long as they do so intellectually.
I always encourage and challenge people to post in my threads if they agree or disagree with my opinion. As long as they do so intellectually./ Scott4UCLA
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Scott-Atlanta said:
I always encourage and challenge people to post in my threads if they agree or disagree with my opinion. As long as they do so intellectually./ Scott4UCLA
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This man is a hero.I agree. But As DTB and other have said all 700 that have died are heros. Im hopeing the politician stay out of it. I dont want to see Kerry, Bush, or any others of these dudes showing up for there chance at pitcures. This man was a private man. He joined the service with out any flag waveing or bands playing. Let him come home to rest the same way.
what a true hero. Most of the NFL could learn a lesson from him. I would like to see one thread honoring someone without throwing politics into it.
djv...
That was the most profound statement I've read while being associated with this board...
Well said....
That was the most profound statement I've read while being associated with this board...
Well said....
What would be nice is to see the NFL have next season in his honor. Along with all the other fallen heros that gave there lives.
"Nobody with a brain volunteers for the armed services for benefits alone without taking into account the risk of going to war...." SCOTT4 USC
I find this an elitist comment. I would say that this would be the typical response for an SC grad, but since I graduated from there myself I don't want to bash the mighty Trojan name.
Perhaps in your world of picket fences and lush green lawns, people don't volunteer for the armed services. That doesn't surprise me.
But to say that anyone that does volunteer is ignorant just doesn't measure up. I teach in a continuation school where about 80% of my students are on probation and are members of gangs. A fair chance at life, albeit doomed by their own decisions, is not something these kids can look forward to. every year we have a handful volunteer for the armed services because of the benefits. They can receive job training which may lead to the best chance they will ever have to get a decent job. They volunteer because it is one way out of the cycle of gang violence
that makes it impossible to succeed in life. It gives them some hope for a future. For some of them, life on the streets of the barrio or ghetto where you can die for the color of clothes you are wearing is no safer than the streets of Iraq.
Welcome to the real world. Didn't you see some of that while at USC, only a block or so away from Martin Luther King Blvd.?
I find this an elitist comment. I would say that this would be the typical response for an SC grad, but since I graduated from there myself I don't want to bash the mighty Trojan name.
Perhaps in your world of picket fences and lush green lawns, people don't volunteer for the armed services. That doesn't surprise me.
But to say that anyone that does volunteer is ignorant just doesn't measure up. I teach in a continuation school where about 80% of my students are on probation and are members of gangs. A fair chance at life, albeit doomed by their own decisions, is not something these kids can look forward to. every year we have a handful volunteer for the armed services because of the benefits. They can receive job training which may lead to the best chance they will ever have to get a decent job. They volunteer because it is one way out of the cycle of gang violence
that makes it impossible to succeed in life. It gives them some hope for a future. For some of them, life on the streets of the barrio or ghetto where you can die for the color of clothes you are wearing is no safer than the streets of Iraq.
Welcome to the real world. Didn't you see some of that while at USC, only a block or so away from Martin Luther King Blvd.?
ferdville :nooo:
You obviously don't understand the English language. I did not imply that volunteering for the armed services is ignorant. On the contrary, I have the utmost admiration precisely because they should understand the potential danger of serving their country.
If they don't, then they are ignorant. There are so MANY
programs available to aid the "disadvantaged" of this great country of ours, which YOU should "TEACH" your students about.
Joining the armed services is not the only answer.
You obviously don't understand the English language. I did not imply that volunteering for the armed services is ignorant. On the contrary, I have the utmost admiration precisely because they should understand the potential danger of serving their country.
If they don't, then they are ignorant. There are so MANY
programs available to aid the "disadvantaged" of this great country of ours, which YOU should "TEACH" your students about.
Joining the armed services is not the only answer.
Scott,
I tend to believe that a lot of kids do sign on with the service with the belief that they won't have to go to war. (Or at least not see combat.)
I guess it is like any other life gamble........
I tend to believe that a lot of kids do sign on with the service with the belief that they won't have to go to war. (Or at least not see combat.)
I guess it is like any other life gamble........
Scott - Maybe we should have a reading comprehension test. It sounds very much like you are calling anyone that volunteers for benefits is "nobody with a brain" - your words.
Since you are an expert on all the programs available to at risk kids - I would love for you to enlighten me. Please list all these programs that will willingly take this kind of kid into their programs. I can't wait to get this information out. i anxiously await this list.
Since you are an expert on all the programs available to at risk kids - I would love for you to enlighten me. Please list all these programs that will willingly take this kind of kid into their programs. I can't wait to get this information out. i anxiously await this list.
