Appreciation for the military from the civilians

[goesh]

Academics tend to believe guns kill people and not the people pulling the trigger. Social problems and ignorance, which cause people to pull the trigger, are of such signifcance that elminating firearms is the only practical solution to the problem. The military tends to believe that Academics are mostly incapable of defending themselves against physical aggression, in short, they are indecisive metrosexuals.

[slapout9]

Academics tend to believe guns kill people and not the people pulling the trigger. Social problems and ignorance, which cause people to pull the trigger, are of such signifcance that elminating firearms is the only practical solution to the problem. The military tends to believe that Academics are mostly incapable of defending themselves against physical aggression, in short, they are indecisive metrosexuals.

That is some very profound stuff goesh


Hope I never meet a metrosexual....not really sure what that/they is.....but it sounds really scary

[selil]

Oh and the military;

Members of the military are xenophobic, unitary, trite, secularized thinkers placing people into containers of target and collateral damage. Through rigorous mind numbing brain-washing youth are formed into intellectual automatons incapable of independent thought or action which carries over into later adult life as a pathos against intellectualism and civil discourse. Armed service personnel wrapped in a cloak of fascism export an ideology of hatred of civilians that is carried like a disease for life.

Shrouded in an abysmal darkness of internalized secrecy they educate in cloistered institutions only allowing other military to attend, cloak their activities as national secrets, hide behind high fences of bases, claim special privileges not available to any other group, engage or support experimentation on civilians, their leaders gerrymander the political process, all the while the ranks engage in tirades against civilians while undermining democracy.


That was a fun if useless exercise. Like any information operation take a grain of truth and spin it into oblivion.

The real difference between academics and the military is tweed and camouflage.

[goesh]

Academics believe the military ( and cops) lack imagination, creativity and artistic expression and go to great lengths to suppress their feminine side by excessive beer drinking, passing gas and looking at naked young women in magazines.

[MikeF]

If I eventually get a PhD, am I in threat of becoming a decisive metrosexual?

I had to abrubtly end several relationships in Cali when I refused to get a manicure or pedicure.

Okay, back to my hole.

v/r

Mike

[goesh]

Mike, as long as you don't wax the hair on your back, you won't turn into one of them M guys. you can always strap a .32 mag to your ankle for added self-assurance.

[Van]

Academics believe the military ... go to great lengths to suppress their feminine side by excessive beer drinking, passing gas and looking at naked young women in magazines.

You say that like it is a bad thing.

I would argue that academics suffer from the artifical nature of their environment where the most basic aspects of human nature are blindly and thoughtlessly repressed in order to kowtow to the insecurities of the physically and emotionally frail. Scholarly success and conformity to the so-called liberal democratic values are placed above personal responsibility for the body politic.

Members of the military are cognizant of what they are keeping under control, and aware of their nature as animals equally capable of violence, compassion, or passion. However, the casual acceptance of threats to life establish a value system that places physical prowess and decisiveness over reflection and intellectual achievement. Note that this last suffers greatlyin times of peace.

The great irony is that service men and women live a lifestyle much more consistant with the principles of social justice than the academics that talk about social justice.

[Steve Blair]

I would also say, based on experience in both worlds, that the military is just as compartmentalized as academia...and both sides have difficulty seeing that reality. And I would further hazard that both groups (especially after they've been in their particular boxes for about 8 years) have an equally difficult time connecting with or understanding the common folk ("Joe Six Pack" or whatever you want to call the remains of the middle class).

[selil]

I would also say, based on experience in both worlds, that the military is just as compartmentalized as academia..

That is why I thought it was funny.

Though it is very much a one way street. VERY FEW academics achieve professional academic success and then enter the military. Comparatively speaking a lot of successful military professionals enter academia.