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Old 03-30-2011, 11:50   #29
1stindoor
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Originally Posted by NoRoadtrippin View Post
With respect sir, I ask...really? Do you truly think that your upbringing, skills learned, morals imparted, opportunities and experiences had or not had were all meaningless the day you arrived at basic?
I don't think that was the point at all. Was your upbringing rendered moot?

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Will the military alter him in its own way? Well, of course. And yes, he will learn to march to a different drum, or drill sergeant, on this new path he's chosen, but no person's past becomes instantly "meaningless" when they join the Army.
And yet....

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The private, rather expensive and left-leaning school that I attended ROTC at was filled primarily by exactly the type of people the book discusses.
You felt compelled to tell us about your rather expensive, left leaning college that you attended for four years.
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