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   From: TOPoster@Poster.com   
      
   So true   
      
   --   
   Socrates taught his students that the pursuit of truth can only begin once   
   they start to question and analyze every belief that they ever held dear. If   
   a certain belief passes the tests of evidence, deduction, and logic, it   
   should be kept. If it doesn't, the belief should not only be discarded, but   
   the thinker must also then question why he was led to believe the erroneous   
      
      
      
   "TC"  wrote in message   
   news:aItoi.380$Rt4.203@newsfe20.lga...   
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   > "The Wizard of Oz"  wrote in message   
   > news:4Yqoi.135508$1i1.101445@pd7urf3no...   
   >   
   > > No. Just sign him up with the American Military. Better yet sign him up   
   > > with ours and put him in an area with American troops.   
   > >   
   > > Later   
   > > Mike   
   >   
   > Mike, that is one of the most stupid responses I've read on usenet - and   
   > that's about as dumb as it gets.   
   >   
   > Listen carefully: you have to be brain dead to want enlist in the military   
   > as it stands. Again; b-r-a-i-n  d-e-a-d   
   >   
   > Military recruiters have quotas to meet and they are going to meet them by   
   > hook or by crook. Like any other salesmen, they go after the misinformed,   
   > ignorant, and specifically in their case, the downtrodden looking for a   
   > home. As a signing bonus, they offer all sorts of trinket benefits like a   
   > "free" taxpayer-funded college degree for example.   
   >   
   > The military is for those who are grossly ignorant, easily misled, who   
   can't   
   > / don't want to think for themselves, who need to be told what to eat,   
   what   
   > to wear, what to say, where to go, when to wake and when to sleep.   
   >   
   > Life's largely about perspective. If only a soldier had the same   
   perspective   
   > BEFORE he went to enlist as the persepctive he had after he's returned   
   home   
   > from a tour. Few research why wars are really started and fought, and rest   
   > assured no soldiers do.   
   >   
   > But don't take my word for it, that's precisely what one of the greatest   
   > generals in american military history had to say.   
   >   
   > Better yet, here is a fellows email, whose name is also Mike. He's a U.S.   
   > military veteran of Beirut, Vietnam and Grenada and still currently lives   
   > Stateside. There it is - mgnc46@yahoo.com   
   >   
   > You go on and email him. Let him tell you what war's all about.   
   > --   
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   > Socialist 'Max the Canuck' on   
   > Tues, Mar 22 2005 3:05 pm said to a conservative poster:   
   >   
   > "Since I'm a left wing feller, I wanna make sure you look as bad as   
   > possible."   
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