Gay Dutch Soldiers Responsible For Massacre

[Saint Therese]

[quote name='Apotheoun' date='20 March 2010 - 10:41 AM' timestamp='1269096106' post='2076246']
Yes, it is. It is not like I am going to make a habit of correcting his spelling, because that would be a full time job, and my health is not good enough for that.
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[IcePrincessKRS]

[quote name='Saint Therese' date='20 March 2010 - 11:45 AM' timestamp='1269096343' post='2076251']
I'm not sure either. I think poor soldiering, overwhelming forces, poor strategy,etc would be a better excuse.
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I think perhaps they could be thinking that abolishing "don't ask, don't tell" could be seen as a sign of an overall weakening of military forces (which would mean a variety of problems including poor soldiering, lax training schedules, etc.).

Plus, despite growing up with openly gay peers, I don't know too many heterosexual people who would be ok with communal showering with a bunch of openly gay people. I've heard stories and some of them are not pretty; "don't ask, don't tell" is there largely for the protection of the homosexual members of our military, whether they perceive it that way or not. If they abolish "don't ask, don't tell" they may as well abolish fraternization policies as well so everyone can just go crazy and do whatever they want.

[kamiller42]

Don't get sucked into a sensational headline without reading the story. The general did not say homosexuals were to blame. He was blaming an attitude of the Dutch towards perception of their military for the loss, an attitude which welcomed open homosexuality.

When the military is treated as a petri dish for social experiments such as normalization of the homosexual lifestyle and not what it is intended to be, to protect a nation or people by breaking things and killing, the loss the Dutch experienced is what you get.

[Hassan]

[quote name='Apotheoun' date='20 March 2010 - 10:41 AM' timestamp='1269096106' post='2076246']
Yes, it is. It is not like I am going to make a habit of correcting his spelling, because that would be a full time job, and my health is not good enough for that.
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No, you have to devote your energies to much more important matters. Like pretending to be a theologian. Spending your middle-age years proving you are a better speller than some disinterested student would be beneath a man of your stature and acomplishments. That time and energy would be much better spent arguing with that student about politics or proving that some twenty something catholic girl made comments on the Internet that could be interpreted as "theological indifferentism". You can make fun of my spelling all you wish, I don't care that I'm a poor speller. It's not going to provoke me. Yes, I find it obnoxious and annoying but on a deeper level it's just going to buttress the pity I feel for you. That at nearly the age of fifty you have nothing better to do with your life. Why not devote that time spent correcting my spelling to something meaningful. Like finding a wife or something? I'm completely serious and nit trying to be cruel. You can be a fun guy. Go do something with that.

[brightsadness]

[quote name='Apotheoun' date='20 March 2010 - 07:41 AM' timestamp='1269096106' post='2076246']
Yes, it is. It is not like I am going to make a habit of correcting his spelling, because that would be a full time job, and my health is not good enough for that.
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Are you sure you're not an English teacher?