Sore Loserman

[Ibby]

Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

Being in an armed service is a sufficient lessoning in totalitarianism for any reasonable person.

Does anyone here besides UG agree with this statement?


I wont deny that the military is totalitarian, my dad's in it, I should know, but being in the US military is still much less totalitarian and much more free than being a citizen in most if not all totalitarian states. For example, in the military you need to get leave to go someplace. In China (if not currently then only a few years ago) , whether in the military or not, you need to get permission from the government, have a clear purpose in going, have forms filled out in triplicate... etc.

Being in the military, while a similar experience, is not experience enough. Its only marginally more than any other semi-learned person (if you even qualify as such), and not more at all than someone who has studied them. Or lived in one. Grown up in one, in fact.

Like HM said, all youve got is 'rose fertilizer and bluster'. I'm logically and reasonably backing up what I say.

Youre getting completely out-argued by a teenager. And at risk of sounding cocky, I'm fairly certain most if not all readers here would agree.