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Originally Posted by skywestseth  Yea, I just don't understand why you would run around saying things like "I was being someone who wanted the benefits w/o having to do the war thing." |
Well, I didn't "run around" saying anything.
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While I wouldn't expect anyone to work for free, there is more than your own benefits to think about when joining the military, anyone who joins for their own benefits gets seriously butt hurt. And then goes into the masses and spreads nasty rumors about how the military screwed them over.
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I think you might be taking the situation I was talking about either too seriously, or I failed to set the scene. We'd been talking for some time. He was being playful. I was playful back. I was curious about what he would say to someone who didn't want to go to Iraq. That's all. No need to preach to me about the military or why people join or why they SHOULD join - all types join for all types of reasons. It's not my place to judge those reasons. Everyone has a story.
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BTW, What he said was pretty stupid, I would have had a better comeback than, have you been there?
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If he were genuinely trying to convince me, I agree. Stupid. But, since he knew I wasn't seriously considering joining (but was instead interviewing him during a protest outside of the recruiting offices), I thought it was pretty funny.