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| The Military closet may open soon; Equality is inevitable | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Nov 30 2010, 11:42 AM (947 Views) | |
| John D'Oh | Dec 1 2010, 07:16 AM Post #26 |
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MAMIL
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I'm a straight Caucasian male. To be honest, I have a great life - I've never had any problems with discrimination of any type that I'm aware of. Then again, I don't have a silly accent.... |
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| Larry | Dec 1 2010, 07:27 AM Post #27 |
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Mmmmmmm, pie!
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Actually, this whole thing is just another example of how brain dead liberals are, and that there IS a gay agenda. Ax seems to be of the opinion that gays are not being allowed into the military, and that this is discriminating against them. The whole point of "don't ask don't tell" was to accommodate gays, so as not to discriminate against them. But that seems to not be sufficient - now that a policy that allows them to join the military without having to worry about being discriminated against because of their sexual preference has been put in place, we are now being asked that they be given permission to parade their sexual preference. In other words, it isn't about fairness or equality, it is about giving an inch and then taking a mile. If you're gay, nothing is stopping you from joining the military. Just shut your damned mouth and join if that's what you want to do. If you think you're being discriminated because you can't sit around and discuss your gayness with everyone else in the foxhole, military life isn't for you, anyway. |
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| Frank_W | Dec 1 2010, 07:32 AM Post #28 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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Granted, I often exaggerate a little, to make a point, but this is often how it feels. Sick of everyone having a goddamned chip on their shoulder, and if I don't agree with or condone their choices, then I'm the one made out to be a hater or the oppressor. |
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| Mikhailoh | Dec 1 2010, 07:59 AM Post #29 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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Are you retarded? I'm ok with the repeal. But not everyone is, and they have a right to be heard and considered without being demonized by smug prigs. |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| sue | Dec 1 2010, 09:29 AM Post #30 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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So? |
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| KlavierBauer | Dec 1 2010, 10:13 AM Post #31 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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That setup worked just fine in Starship Troopers! Oh - and why is everyone always calling white people Caucasian? Why are whites ok with that? Do they not know what Caucasian means?! I'm not Caucasian ... Sadly, I don't get a named ethnicity like minorities do - I'm simply "white" or "caucasian" on most forms, which doesn't describe me - hence my inability to fill out the census this year.
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"I realize you want him to touch you all over and give you babies, but his handling of the PR side really did screw the pooch." - Ivory Thumper "He said sleepily: "Don't worry mom, my dick is like hot logs in the morning." - Apple | |
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| JBryan | Dec 1 2010, 10:16 AM Post #32 |
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I am the grey one
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I just check "other" and fill in "cracker". |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| KlavierBauer | Dec 1 2010, 10:17 AM Post #33 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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My white friend from Zimbabwe gets weird looks for referring to herself as African American - only ... unlike most African Americans in this country, she actually is. |
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"I realize you want him to touch you all over and give you babies, but his handling of the PR side really did screw the pooch." - Ivory Thumper "He said sleepily: "Don't worry mom, my dick is like hot logs in the morning." - Apple | |
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| KlavierBauer | Dec 1 2010, 10:20 AM Post #34 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Sorry - didn't meant to hijack the thread. Just tired of this gay discussion. It's so gay. And the Caucusus Mountains are right smack in between Russia, Turkey, and Iran - nowhere near where my family comes from. Hmm - I guess MrsKB is Caucasian, so I'd better 'halts maul'. |
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"I realize you want him to touch you all over and give you babies, but his handling of the PR side really did screw the pooch." - Ivory Thumper "He said sleepily: "Don't worry mom, my dick is like hot logs in the morning." - Apple | |
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| Copper | Dec 1 2010, 11:09 AM Post #35 |
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Shortstop
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Go back a few generations, you'll find the connection. https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/lan/en/globe.html Check this map that shows the "Eurasian Adam"'s journey http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~chilvers/Origins.htm |
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The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy | |
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| Renauda | Dec 1 2010, 11:12 AM Post #36 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I don't recall ever filling out a form in the last 25 years asking me what my ethnicity is. Citizenship and residence yes, but never ethnicity. |
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| kenny | Dec 1 2010, 11:14 AM Post #37 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Hey, let's set policy based on some men's inability to control their urges. Great idea. ![]() Lar, I realize this will come as a shock to you but some men are able to control their urges.
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| KlavierBauer | Dec 1 2010, 11:16 AM Post #38 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Yeah - I've taken my genetic markers back through time via NG's web site - I'm not Caucasian any more than I am African. I suppose if we're all willing to go back about 60,000 years (I mean, if the trick to finding ethnic identity is going back further and further), then we're all African right? Following that logic, American Indians would also be African, or Eurasian - depending on how far back we want to go. Ren: Interesting - pretty much every form here - including job applications asks for ethnicity/race/heritage. There are only four on the planet apparently, American Indian, African American, Hispanic/Latino, and Caucasian/White. |
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"I realize you want him to touch you all over and give you babies, but his handling of the PR side really did screw the pooch." - Ivory Thumper "He said sleepily: "Don't worry mom, my dick is like hot logs in the morning." - Apple | |
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| JBryan | Dec 1 2010, 11:29 AM Post #39 |
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I am the grey one
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Ithink Asian is covered as well. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| Renauda | Dec 1 2010, 11:30 AM Post #40 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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....and as per JBryan's first post, Cracker. For the record though we often have a question on federal g'ovt forms asking whether the applicant is First Nations, Inuit or Metis. But that is only because they are entitled to certain rights of process and subsidies under treaty and The Indian Act. |
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| KlavierBauer | Dec 1 2010, 11:46 AM Post #41 |
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JBryan: I believe you mean "Pacific Islander." That makes sense Ren. My problem really isn't a big one. Being the non-racist that I am, I'm really not all that up in arms about anything having to do with race. Being second generation of immigrants I still have a strong personal tie to "where I'm from" - but it doesn't define me. Just an interesting inconsistency. I just cringe a little when I hear the term "Caucasian" - as it doesn't describe all "white" people. I'd hate to insist though that people call me German-American or Swiss-American - I'm ok being known simply as white. |
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"I realize you want him to touch you all over and give you babies, but his handling of the PR side really did screw the pooch." - Ivory Thumper "He said sleepily: "Don't worry mom, my dick is like hot logs in the morning." - Apple | |
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| JBryan | Dec 1 2010, 11:48 AM Post #42 |
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I am the grey one
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I think my wife would find it curious if not downright bizarre to discover she could be categorized as a Pacific Islander. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| KlavierBauer | Dec 1 2010, 11:50 AM Post #43 |
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I agree. I've seen many a form with only "Pacific Islander" for most Asian ethnicities. Apparently China is considered by some to be an island in the Pacific Ocean - a really really sturdy one. I'd imagine she finds it equally awkward and/or insulting for all Asians to be lumped together as one group. Edited by KlavierBauer, Dec 1 2010, 11:50 AM.
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"I realize you want him to touch you all over and give you babies, but his handling of the PR side really did screw the pooch." - Ivory Thumper "He said sleepily: "Don't worry mom, my dick is like hot logs in the morning." - Apple | |
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| Mikhailoh | Dec 1 2010, 12:03 PM Post #44 |
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Asia is one big fvcking island. |
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| Renauda | Dec 1 2010, 12:08 PM Post #45 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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True. Too bad that we can't all boast of being of Georgian or Armenian ancestry.
So you admit to being a Goth? |
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| KlavierBauer | Dec 1 2010, 12:19 PM Post #46 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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No - Barbarian. Neo-Barbarian-Horde-Goth-Scot to be exact. |
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"I realize you want him to touch you all over and give you babies, but his handling of the PR side really did screw the pooch." - Ivory Thumper "He said sleepily: "Don't worry mom, my dick is like hot logs in the morning." - Apple | |
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| Copper | Dec 1 2010, 01:05 PM Post #47 |
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Shortstop
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Actually 2 Special and not-so-special |
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The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy | |
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| Kincaid | Dec 1 2010, 01:05 PM Post #48 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Sounds like you should be playing WoW, KB. |
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| Copper | Dec 1 2010, 01:11 PM Post #49 |
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But don't mess with the Italians http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_fmGyK1Gns |
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The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy | |
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| John D'Oh | Dec 1 2010, 02:00 PM Post #50 |
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MAMIL
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I'm going to start describing myself as a North-Sea Islander. It sounds quite exotic, as they I sit around all day eating herring and limbo dancing. |
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