Hi Rex,
LOLOL - now, why doesn't that surprise me !!!!
On t'other hand, I've noticed the research boards (and ethics boards) tend to be driven by political and legal considerations much more than by the potential value of the research. I had one of my projects turned down by an ethics board because I wasn't the right gender and then the decision was reversed when I proved that the board members were politically biased.
I also think your comment about being in Canada is spot on. Even in Ottawa, where I teach and we have a fairly high uniform count, we don't see that many on campus. BTW, there is a session at the Canadian Political Science Association annual meeting this year on COIN and ethnography and the military. I'll be quite interested to see if we have many uniformed folks showing up to it.
Sic Bisquitus Disintegrat...
Marc W.D. Tyrrell, Ph.D.
Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies,
Senior Research Fellow,
The Canadian Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies, NPSIA
Carleton University
http://marctyrrell.com/
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