At 11/16/04 02:25 AM, biteme2514 wrote:
war rant
i understand what you mean. i'm just trying to put a more human touch to your generalized comment, both my grandfathers served in WWII, i dont concider them killers (neither of them killed though) but i know that they were drafted or signed up because he wanted to serve his country.
war heros are actually people, who despite the fact that they may not want to kill or order others to kill, they know they have to and carry out the orders because it's what is right.
say the japanese made it to mainland north america, after taking over western US, they go for BC. would you allow a foriegn dictatorship empire take over your life and take away your freedoms ben?
i would probably resist any attept for the government to draft me and tell me to kill. i'd refuse the gun, the training. but i know that i would do anything i could to keep my life and liberty, freedom and that if it were in paril of being taken away.
you have you ask yourself ben, would you kill to save a friend (say some bad dude was right behind your friend about to kill them, you had a gun. would you shoot, or let the guy kill your friend?) you'd be a killer, but you saved your friend, and possibly yourself.
But enough about that. I'm sure that whole debate died ages ago. I just wanted to make sure I was getting the right message across.
i completely understand how you feel. but in every opinion one decides in making, it's always good to hear the other side of the story.
I've been wearing the same five T-shirts and snowboarding jacket since summer now, so it should be a pleasant surprise. Even if she doesn't like it, I still do. Nothing makes a person feel more confident than adopting a whole new image. It's a sad little fact of life, isn't it? No one, myself included, is satisfied with themselves anymore. What a squalid little world we live in.
ah, so true my friend. you know, i've been wearing the same snowboard jacket for 4 years, its too small. but every year i wind up getting a new fleece instead of a new jacket. right now i'm in the blue "snow sport school" fleace i baught last year from the mountain. its time for some new things.
usually whenever i run low on clothes to wear, i run up to the attic and grab some hand me downs from family friends or my bro.
Well, catch all you guys next time. I'm gone faster than a senior cheerleader's chastity. Oh, but check this.
nice job ben! i'm a sargent now! i still remember talking about how so few users were 1337 and still werent past safty patrol, as i was when i hit 1337 posts
in slackers news, i think i failed math this last quarter. but oh well. its all cool, new quarter, new grades ^_^
i got my writing submission for that writers conference in. after much hastle trying to get a two page story down to one page while still keeping it in tact, within a 1 inch all around margins, double spacing and keeping it at or above size 10 font....fuckers
and i got my ACT scores back today.
i got a 26!
that's one point below a very high standard! i'm in the top 25 percentile at least for the entire nation.
top 6% in writing and reading stuff
top 8% in math.
whee for stadardized tests