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	<title>Comments on: Don&#8217;t Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell, Don&#8217;t Know&#8211;UPDATED</title>
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		<title>By: Josiah</title>
		<link>http://melissablogs.com/2009/01/15/dont-ask-dont-tell-dont-know/comment-page-1/#comment-13335</link>
		<dc:creator>Josiah</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>First off, the military does not merely exist to &#039;kill people and break things.&#039; The military is an organization that is used to protect a country from threats (both on our own soil and off). It is best to have facts straight about involvement in a war before attacking it.

Second, the idea to allow homosexuals/bisexuals into the military is not so that some guys can get off in the showers, the idea is to promote equality in all forms of the government. 

And if the draft is to be re-instituted, it&#039;s going to happen regardless of whether there are gays in the military or not. Seeing the type of President Obama is, I don&#039;t foresee the draft as an issue yet.

As far as gays in the military, there are plenty...they just aren&#039;t entirely open to everyone. The &quot;Don&#039;t ask, Don&#039;t Tell&quot; policy merely made it so gays could serve in the military, the only stipulation was for them not to come out or be asked about their orientation...it didn&#039;t prevent them from entering the military.

In a time where many are too wimpy to join the military, why shouldn&#039;t we allow those who wish to be in the military be in it? If someone is gay openly, nothing really changes. The current change of the policy where they aren&#039;t to &quot;pursue or arrest&quot; means that this is currently happening...just without calling it what it is.

I really don&#039;t think it should matter, one way or the other, what a person&#039;s sexual orientation is. Why should that stop someone from being able to join the military (being open about it, at least)? You don&#039;t see people quitting jobs &quot;EN-MASS&quot; because their co-worker, or boss, is gay, do you? I think that those who are in the military are serving their country because of a pride and love of this country. If they have any integrity, serving along-side someone who is openly homosexual won&#039;t change that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First off, the military does not merely exist to &#8216;kill people and break things.&#8217; The military is an organization that is used to protect a country from threats (both on our own soil and off). It is best to have facts straight about involvement in a war before attacking it.</p>
<p>Second, the idea to allow homosexuals/bisexuals into the military is not so that some guys can get off in the showers, the idea is to promote equality in all forms of the government. </p>
<p>And if the draft is to be re-instituted, it&#8217;s going to happen regardless of whether there are gays in the military or not. Seeing the type of President Obama is, I don&#8217;t foresee the draft as an issue yet.</p>
<p>As far as gays in the military, there are plenty&#8230;they just aren&#8217;t entirely open to everyone. The &#8220;Don&#8217;t ask, Don&#8217;t Tell&#8221; policy merely made it so gays could serve in the military, the only stipulation was for them not to come out or be asked about their orientation&#8230;it didn&#8217;t prevent them from entering the military.</p>
<p>In a time where many are too wimpy to join the military, why shouldn&#8217;t we allow those who wish to be in the military be in it? If someone is gay openly, nothing really changes. The current change of the policy where they aren&#8217;t to &#8220;pursue or arrest&#8221; means that this is currently happening&#8230;just without calling it what it is.</p>
<p>I really don&#8217;t think it should matter, one way or the other, what a person&#8217;s sexual orientation is. Why should that stop someone from being able to join the military (being open about it, at least)? You don&#8217;t see people quitting jobs &#8220;EN-MASS&#8221; because their co-worker, or boss, is gay, do you? I think that those who are in the military are serving their country because of a pride and love of this country. If they have any integrity, serving along-side someone who is openly homosexual won&#8217;t change that.</p>
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		<title>By: Robbie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robbie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If DADT is rescinded, that&#039;s fine with me...one one condition: gays are not allowed to serve at all.

Openly serving gays in the military is a bad idea.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If DADT is rescinded, that&#8217;s fine with me&#8230;one one condition: gays are not allowed to serve at all.</p>
<p>Openly serving gays in the military is a bad idea.</p>
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		<title>By: J David</title>
		<link>http://melissablogs.com/2009/01/15/dont-ask-dont-tell-dont-know/comment-page-1/#comment-12615</link>
		<dc:creator>J David</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The military exists to &quot;kill people and break things&quot; on the most vast scale possible in the shortest time necessary to accomplish complete havoc. The sooner the enemy is no longer capable of carrying on the war(at any level, on the front or in the rear, in materials production) the sooner the killing stops altogether.

It is not a social organization to bring &quot;equality&quot; to political agitators, or to do charity for failed countries. It is not the place for guys who lust after other guys to go to get lots of communal shower-time with &quot;new meat&quot;. 

Rush lately, as I have for some time, been predicting a renewal of the DRAFT with Hussein, and this is one of the main reasons why it will absolutely happen. Once people who are entirely professional realize they are just lab rats for liberal social engineers who don&#039;t give a rat&#039;s ass about their lives,(which means &quot;unit morale&quot;)they will leave the military EN-MASS!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The military exists to &#8220;kill people and break things&#8221; on the most vast scale possible in the shortest time necessary to accomplish complete havoc. The sooner the enemy is no longer capable of carrying on the war(at any level, on the front or in the rear, in materials production) the sooner the killing stops altogether.</p>
<p>It is not a social organization to bring &#8220;equality&#8221; to political agitators, or to do charity for failed countries. It is not the place for guys who lust after other guys to go to get lots of communal shower-time with &#8220;new meat&#8221;. </p>
<p>Rush lately, as I have for some time, been predicting a renewal of the DRAFT with Hussein, and this is one of the main reasons why it will absolutely happen. Once people who are entirely professional realize they are just lab rats for liberal social engineers who don&#8217;t give a rat&#8217;s ass about their lives,(which means &#8220;unit morale&#8221;)they will leave the military EN-MASS!</p>
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		<title>By: TheBigHenry</title>
		<link>http://melissablogs.com/2009/01/15/dont-ask-dont-tell-dont-know/comment-page-1/#comment-12611</link>
		<dc:creator>TheBigHenry</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Political correctness should NOT have any place in the military.&quot;

PC has metastasized into universal adoption of the lowest common denominator in all aspects of American life. It is the destroyer of excellence and entrepreneurship. It must be excised as expeditiously as possible if America is to survive in the competitive global village. I suggest we look for a vaccine against Liberal Fascism. You&#039;re a doctor, Melissa; do something before we are completely swamped by Holysh*twood.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Political correctness should NOT have any place in the military.&#8221;</p>
<p>PC has metastasized into universal adoption of the lowest common denominator in all aspects of American life. It is the destroyer of excellence and entrepreneurship. It must be excised as expeditiously as possible if America is to survive in the competitive global village. I suggest we look for a vaccine against Liberal Fascism. You&#8217;re a doctor, Melissa; do something before we are completely swamped by Holysh*twood.</p>
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