AEON
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Angela Harlem said:i think it's brave of AEON to admit he finds women irresistable, and thus his wife is untrusting of him in close proximity to humans with vaginas.
My wife would trust me, not the woman
Angela Harlem said:i think it's brave of AEON to admit he finds women irresistable, and thus his wife is untrusting of him in close proximity to humans with vaginas.
AEON said:
They share tents and shower together?
AEON said:
My wife would trust me, not the woman
BonoVoxSupastar said:
Wait I thought it was the men who couldn't control themselves.
BonoVoxSupastar said:
In fact I just may turn gay.
anitram said:According to AEON's logic, straight men are really fucked up. I mean, they can't live in close quarters with gay men, they can't live in close quarters with women and must contemplate sexual encounters and distractions 24 hours a day. They live in a constant state of sexual tension, directed at anyone who is not another straight male. I'm surprised straight men can even get through the day. Life must be total hell.
AEON said:
I thought sexual orientation wasn't a choice...
Angela Harlem said:sexual orientation can be a choice. if someone put a gun to my head and said "make mad passionate love with aeon or a woman", i'd pick the woman.
AEON said:
By the way - I have met some Israeli Infantry officers - do not think for a moment that they are that different from their American counterparts. In fact, the British Infantry officers were the same as well.
The fact is, they believe it IS a problem. It is one thing for a congressman to pass a bill in order to appear PC. It is quite another to actually serve in a combat arms unit. I suppose it is just something most will never understand.Irvine511 said:
what's confusing me is that you shot yourself in the foot with this post many pages ago -- both the UK and Israel allow gay soldiers to serve openly. and there are no problems. and you say tha they are made of the same stuff as the US.
really, what's the problem?
AEON said:The fact is, they believe it IS a problem. It is one thing for a congressman to pass a bill in order to appear PC. It is quite another to actually serve in a combat arms unit. I suppose it is just something most will never understand.
AEON said:
The point is - some people are simply not meant to serve in certain areas in life. Men shouldn't play women's volleyball, a man in a wheelchair can't compete in the NBA, and openly homosexual men do not fit into the modern Infantry. It really is that simple.
AEON said:The fact is, they believe it IS a problem. It is one thing for a congressman to pass a bill in order to appear PC. It is quite another to actually serve in a combat arms unit. I suppose it is just something most will never understand.
I won't say there aren't some people in the Infantry that disagree with me. And if a law gets passed that allows openly gay soldiers serve in the Infantry - I'll obey and do my job even if I don't think it is best.
AEON said:
And I wonder if the women would mind if I brought 6 of my tallest and most athletic friends. We could dominate like no other!
The point is - some people are simply not meant to serve in certain areas in life. Men shouldn't play women's volleyball, a man in a wheelchair can't compete in the NBA, and openly homosexual men do not fit into the modern Infantry. It really is that simple.
Irvine511 said:this was forwarded to me, i'll post:
[q]The best asset of the army is its spirit - of comradeship, brotherhood, and unity. It is a spirit which overrules, or at least ought to overrule, all the taxonomies of civilian life: race, politics, class, region, and even, one might hope, sexuality. But if you actually believe our men and women in uniform can stand up to the most maniacal, barbaric, ruthless, and vile killers in the world, and still be flustered by - gasp - a gay person, then you have officially exiled yourself from the frontier of reason.[/q]
A_Wanderer said:It's interesting tha the most militarised nation state of ancient Greece did more than just allow homosexuality.
AEON said:
I think the sexual tension is an unnecessary element.
I am not saying that there are not women who can do the job. I'm certain there a few. However, it wouldn't be optimal. And in the Infantry, more than in any other element, you want as few distractions possible.
AEON said:openly homosexual men do not fit into the modern Infantry. It really is that simple.
martha said:
Oh good lord. We aren't going to be allowed an equal access and opportunity because you can't keep your mind out of MY pants?
anitram said:
I'm confused because then he seemed to suggest that it's us who can't keep our minds out of HIS pants.
BonoVoxSupastar said:
There's a lot things you will never understand, that's life. But it's one thing to let your own hatred and the hatred of some others dictate life for everyone else.
Don't hide behind "sexual frustration" when it's really pure sexism that makes you think women can't serve.
You've just now made yourself a liar.
Liesje said:
Don't ask, don't tell was a major reason, if not THE reason, I decided against enlisted at the age/place in my life where up until that point I'd always considered it a real possibility.