Subj : Re: OT Military...Swearing in
To   : All
From : Father Cajone
Date : Tue Jan 14 2003 05:20 am

Ouch...I messed trying to reply to this earlier.  Ok...after going through 
embarrasing things like being naked and having someone poke their finger where 
I'd rather not have them do that as an 18 year old Army volunteer after being 
told to "bend over and spread them!"...I moved on. After a 2-3 minute interview 
by a supposed "Psychiatric Interviewer" I moved along through the process. 
After passing through the induction mill and being allowed to put my clothes 
back on I raised my right hand and swore my allegiance to the Constitution of 
the United States of America and all that it stood for. This included the Bill 
of Rights. Why was this important to me even to this day?
Please let me explain a bit more...the Pledge of Allegiance was born as the 
result of a Cracker Jack contest during a time when people in the Nazi regime 
were swearing their oaths to a personal leader they called "Der Fuerher" 
instead of a set of principles as written in the Constitution of these United 
States of America. American children from that day forward swore allegince to 
our flag.
During the McArthy era of the early 1950's the Flag Pledge was ammended to add 
the words "under God" to what had previously been "One Nation indivisible with 
liberty and justice for all".  This was a deliberate insertion in order to 
differentiate our difference between the USA as a God fearing (and led) nation 
as opposed to the "Godless Evil Empire" of the USSR.  We have many people in 
this great nation that might not believe in a UNIVERSAL GOD of their definition 
but believe in the nation and the concepts in which we live and might even be 
bettter citizens than the ones who echo the words they hear in narrow minded 
gatherings and esp on Fox News!

>From a message by Father Cajone about Re: OT Military...Swearing in:
> >From a message by prestone about Re: OT Military:
 > > whether they fire the actual round or not isn't the point.  
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 >  > >From a message by pagan about Re: OT Military:
 >  > > You would be surprized to know that the overwhelming majority of 
service men and women never fire a shot outside of basic training or a firing 
range. In fact, there are more opportunities to save lives or make living 
conditions more habitable than to take them. Yes, even in an all out war 
situation. 
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 >  >  > >From a message by prestone about Re: OT Military:
 >  >  > > as long as you don't have a problem killing your fellow human 
beings, go for it.
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 >  >  >  > >From a message by sloppy about OT Military:
 >  >  >  > > With an anticipated graduation from college in December, I've 
been pondering what to do from this point on in life.  I recently hit upon the 
idea of the military, was wondering if people could offer input, horror 
stories, advice, warnings, etc.  Anything would be appreciated.
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