Re: Quaker/Buddhist goes AWOL
dvanhorn <[email protected]>
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[email protected] wrote: > Military recruiters are persuasive individuals. Many people who join > the army are mislead as to what they are getting into. The recruiters > start calling kids when they are 17 and bill joining the army as an > awesome alternative to collage that will provide kids with discipline, > skills, and money. Lots of people don't have jobs in this economy and > joining the army is a way to make money. The recruiters often leave the > "oh, and you will get shot at and have to kill people" out of the > speeches they give to kids. At 17 I wasn't capable of making good > career decisions and once you sign up for the army they have you for 8 > yrs. I certainly sympathize with people who sign up and realize that > the army is not the place for them. > jessie +1 Like Jessie said, it's not like these kids are basing their decisions on sound information. The military has waged a widespread and well funded propaganda campaign against the youth of the American poor. And so what if this kid made a bad career decision. He shouldn't have to kill or be killed in illegitimate war because of it. He tried to work within the system to solve the problem and the system wouldn't have it. So fuck the system, get out and get out quick. At least this kid woke up. David _______________________________________________ heads mailing list [email protected] http://ballistichelmet.org/mailman/listinfo/heads/ http://ballistichelmet.org/donate/