Re: self censorship
fwiw, i have sometimes considered joining the marines because i think it would be cool to kill people for a living and blow [censored] up. i imagine that many of the marines who did join, did so along those lines, not because they wanted to make the world a safer and better place and god bless america and all of that nonsense.
fwiw, i think people who are willing to go to war are very interesting and i would love for someone in iraq to do an "ask me about iraq thread", but when some dude gets court marshalled because he thinks the iraq war is unjust - I tend to think that he wanted all of that free education money and scholarships and acclaim, but now when push comes to shove he doesnt want to meet his end of the agreement. Tough titty.
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