05-25-2012, 05:19
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The female warriors will need to be issued a stool or something to stand on and eek from for when they run across big bugs, mice, spiders and whatnot.
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05-25-2012, 06:32
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I, too, harbor serious concerns about how this one's gonna turn out...especially if they continue on with their gender norming "equal but..." shell game. However, they do have a bit of precedent to argue their case...although it was accomplished surreptitiously.
http://www.archives.gov/publications...vil-war-1.html
http://www.archives.gov/publications...vil-war-2.html
http://www.archives.gov/publications...vil-war-3.html
And so it goes...
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05-25-2012, 06:43
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Precedent doesn't make mistakes right.
I'm telling you; when a similar number of stacks of female bodies as there are males start getting shipped home, this "equality" bullshit will not only get thrown out the window, but NOW and every other Helen Reddy-inspired organization will demand for the rule to be reversed.
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05-25-2012, 07:48
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Most deadly in what respect and scale?
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Sneakiest?
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05-25-2012, 09:03
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Precedent doesn't make mistakes right.
I'm telling you; when a similar number of stacks of female bodies as there are males start getting shipped home, this "equality" bullshit will not only get thrown out the window, but NOW and every other Helen Reddy-inspired organization will demand for the rule to be reversed.
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I'm not so sure about that. Perhaps if we had a large-scale conventional conflict, however if we continued with the current "steady state" I'm not totally convinced that would be the case. Sure just like now, there will be media flare-ups, but then the wounded and the dead will stream home largely unnoticed to the vast majority of America not directly affected.
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05-25-2012, 09:11
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All well and good until females start getting dead in large numbers.
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Exactly..........
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05-25-2012, 10:31
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I dunno, I dig women with guns.......
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05-25-2012, 11:22
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I dunno, I dig women with guns.......
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You mean like these?............
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05-25-2012, 11:47
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The phrase "be careful what you ask for" comes to mind.
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05-25-2012, 11:59
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"All well and good until females start getting dead in large numbers."
I once thoght this would be the case but I don't think so anymore.
We've had females captured, killed, seriously maimed (and in Wounded Warrior commercials legless etc) and the public has accepted this almost without issue.
No public outcry about any female aspect to KIA's.
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05-25-2012, 13:07
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"All well and good until females start getting dead in large numbers."
I once thoght this would be the case but I don't think so anymore.
We've had females captured, killed, seriously maimed (and in Wounded Warrior commercials legless etc) and the public has accepted this almost without issue.
No public outcry about any female aspect to KIA's.
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Not yet, and I hope you're right.
We'll see if, God forbid, female casualties approach the rate of males.
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05-25-2012, 16:11
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What do you do when your squad deploys short three riflemen, and two of the remaining ones get pregnant?
One thing you can guarantee is that will never happen in a all-male infantry unit, and there will be a lot fewer harassment and discrimination complaints as well.
Too bad no one will tell the survivors of SPC Snuffy that he died when his 110 lb. battle buddy who couldn't pass the same APFT couldn't drag his ass to cover.
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05-25-2012, 17:09
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What do you do when your squad deploys short three riflemen, and two of the remaining ones get pregnant?
One thing you can guarantee is that will never happen in a all-male infantry unit, and there will be a lot fewer harassment and discrimination complaints as well.
Too bad no one will tell the survivors of SPC Snuffy that he died when his 110 lb. battle buddy who couldn't pass the same APFT couldn't drag his ass to cover.
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I guess send in a perstat and start paying child support.....
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05-25-2012, 19:22
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I'm telling you; when a similar number of stacks of female bodies as there are males start getting shipped home, this "equality" bullshit will not only get thrown out the window, but NOW and every other Helen Reddy-inspired organization will demand for the rule to be reversed.
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Does it need to be "stack of females"?
What if no female dies because stacks of males got hurt, died, got stressed, got PTSD, or left the service trying to ensure "she" lived? Who will keep and report those stats?
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05-25-2012, 21:06
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Too bad no one will tell the survivors of SPC Snuffy that he died when his 110 lb. battle buddy who couldn't pass the same APFT couldn't drag his ass to cover. TR
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I'm sure someone will tell the family the real deal about what happened. then look for lawsuits from the parents against DoD for putting their sons in a hazardous situation without valid safety measures.
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