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Originally Posted by kotzabasis
As for the term "intellectual",
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My entry in your post was meant not as an indication that I felt insulted; I really do not take myself that seriously. I think, while this medium is great, it does lack the ability(or at least with my limited ability to put pen to paper so to speak) to convey the complete sense of the message. There are many subtleties here that are missed by those who are casual observers. Those of us that have served together are part of a unique brotherhood and sometimes we(or at least I) fail to adjust for others. I think what is most misunderstood about folks like us is that those on the outside looking in think that we stand in service to our country, and while that is true, we often more accurately stand in service for each other. Consequently we have a connection through shared experience that allows a distinct message to be conveyed with aspects not gleaned by others. If you are ever around a bunch of SF troops that are just sitting around passing the time of day it is not uncommon to listen to them drift into what might pass as a relaxed "southern drawl". Such is the tone of our key strokes.