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View Poll Results: Do you feel guilty for never having fought in a war? | |||
Yes | 10 | 33.33% | |
No | 19 | 63.33% | |
N/A; I did. | 1 | 3.33% | |
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09-24-2007, 05:37 AM | #1 |
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Do you feel guilty for never having fought in a war?
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09-24-2007, 05:41 AM | #2 |
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There is a part of me that wonders how I would have performed in combat. That's something you can never know until you're in that situation. Most of me is very glad never to have had to find out.
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09-24-2007, 02:26 PM | #3 |
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As a good Mormon there are few things I don't feel guilty about, but never having fought in a war is not one of them. (Record for negatives in a sentence?)
I only regret not having the chance to skip to Canada to avoid a draft. |
09-24-2007, 02:27 PM | #4 |
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Dying in wars is for poor people.
Or so it has become. |
09-24-2007, 02:28 PM | #5 |
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09-24-2007, 02:29 PM | #6 |
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As my family was in harm's way in 1991, I would have signed up for Desert Storm, but I figured by the time I signed up, went to training camp, etc. the war would already be over before I was in a position to get deployed.
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09-24-2007, 02:36 PM | #7 |
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09-24-2007, 02:38 PM | #8 |
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To answer the original question, I feel a little bit guilty. But not enough to sign up.
I was in ROTC when I was a freshman during the first semester. Then I quit. The Captain that perished in the suicide bombing in the mess tent, he was a freshman in ROTC with me. So I am aware that some have given the ultimate sacrifice, whereas I have given nothing, along with 99% of Americans. |
09-24-2007, 02:49 PM | #9 | |
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WWI or WWII, you think it was the rich that went to war? As far as dieing goes, I am sure the middle class and some of the rich would take issue with your statement. Since most of America isn't rich, it is a pretty easy argument to point to the rich and argue they have it better than the rest of us. At what point do you think we should rise up like the Russians or Chinese did and institute some kind of government that spreads out the countries wealth amongst all the people. |
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09-24-2007, 02:51 PM | #10 | |
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