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Originally Posted by John_Chrichton
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You're offering a curious argument. Among other things, it suggests that you do not have a problem with those who find inspiration in the symbols of the Nazi dictatorship because the meaning has "been changed." By offering this argument, you are displaying a frame of mind similar to those who think it is all right to use a specific epithet referring to blacks because the spelling has been changed and, therefore, the significance of the word and the history of America has been transformed through the magical power of MySpace.
Moreover, you are arguing that the armed services should not be subject to civilian authority.
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Originally Posted by John_Chrichton
Since the American sheeple have abandoned their civic obligation to defend their own country to the 1%, they have also abdicated a moral right to dictate what symbols help to raise morale and create unit cohesion.
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Yet elsewhere, you bemoaned the possibility of the armed forces serving as a laboratory for a "grand social experiment."
So, did your initial umbrage stem from the concept of experimentation itself, or are you hoping to use the armed services for a different type of experiment altogether?