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Tim
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 Posted - 06/22/2004 : 02:55:38
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http://www.gaymilitary.ucsb.edu/PressCenter/press_rel_2004_0621.htm
Does anyone really believe this study will have any impact on the military's policies? Does it sway the opinions of those that believe gays shouldn't serve in the military? Am I wasting my time by even reading this drivel?
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"We got an issue in America. Too many good docs are gettin' out of business. Too many OB/GYNs aren't able to practice their -- their love with women all across this country." Dubya in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, 9/6/2004
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Valiant Dancer
Forum Goalie
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Posted - 06/22/2004 : 08:54:51 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Tim
http://www.gaymilitary.ucsb.edu/PressCenter/press_rel_2004_0621.htm
Does anyone really believe this study will have any impact on the military's policies? Does it sway the opinions of those that believe gays shouldn't serve in the military? Am I wasting my time by even reading this drivel?
I don't think that it will sway opinions, but it might sway the policies of the military. Men who no longer want to serve in the Iraqi quagmire can now say, "Hey! I'm gay!" and get a one way ticket home. Since the military is facing staffing problems which cause them to implement stop-loss policies, they may move toward 86ing the gay ban.
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Dude
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 06/22/2004 : 13:48:36 [Permalink]
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| If the number of people discharged under the rule actually effects the military capability of the country, then it should be looked at seriously. It's a pretty stupid and homophobic rule anyway. |
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satans_mom
Skeptic Friend
USA
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Posted - 06/22/2004 : 14:21:13 [Permalink]
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Agreed. Distress over sexual orientation is completely ridiculous. If a man enjoys having sex with another man, that is all for the man, not anything the military should have to sweat over.
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Originally posted by Dude
If the number of people discharged under the rule actually effects the military capability of the country, then it should be looked at seriously. It's a pretty stupid and homophobic rule anyway.
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BigPapaSmurf
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 08/18/2004 : 11:47:29 [Permalink]
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Just thought Id point out that the term '86ing' '86ed', is supposed to mean fleeing the police out the back door.
Started at a speakeasy with 86 as the street address, when the cops showed up they opened the secret egress route and 86ed out the back.
Now its taking on a new light meaning to kill or scrap something. |
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"...They accept such things on faith alone, without any evidence. So if a fraudulent and cunning person who knows how to take advantage of a situation comes among them, he can make himself rich in a short time." -Lucian critical of early Christians c.166 AD From his book, De Morte Peregrini |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 08/18/2004 : 14:08:14 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by BigPapaSmurf
Just thought Id point out that the term '86ing' '86ed', is supposed to mean fleeing the police out the back door.
Started at a speakeasy with 86 as the street address, when the cops showed up they opened the secret egress route and 86ed out the back.
Now its taking on a new light meaning to kill or scrap something.
Thanks, BigPapa. I'd always thought it started in that era's blind pigs, to 86 the garbage, which could be either the leftovers or the more obnoxious patrons.
Live & learn, eh?
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