(maybe worthy of its own thread, but...)

At the moment, I'm sitting in an academic presentation about the shared military experience of the doughboys in WWI and how it shaped their worldview compared with the homefront.

The most criticized institution among WWI soldiers? The YMCA, which was in large measure the "USO" of the war in their reach and scope. They were accused of war profiteering, draft evasion, and above all, proselytizing.
Soldiers consistently complained about how YMCA secretaries would wait until the 'movie shows' were packed with soldiers wanting to escape the war for an hour or so before starting a group prayer. The YMCA would give away religious-themed cards for soldiers to write letters home, but would charge for everything else.

Seems this is not really a new phenomenon...

And now back to our regularly-scheduled debate