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Originally Posted by dissention
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I haven't read it yet but I am intrigued. Diss, Honey, did you hear about Brudnoy? Speaking of atheists, however he is agnostic. Crap, I have to read that article.
I just want to say though, I respected Brudnoy, I thought he was VERY smart and I disagreed with him
a lot. Especially because he once said that children raised by sub-par parents may as well be written off. Actually, more than making me angry, that upset me. (Although extremely literate, guess where I come from...
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Anywaaay... no f-ing way, I cannot believe that mainstream media is finally covering "stop loss".
That has been in effect for a long time. I met my BR in Oct of '02. By June he was deployed to Okinawa, for 6 mos or more, due to "stop loss". I could not believe it and I could not believe no one was talking about it.
Fortunately for us, Sean served 8 years active duty in the past and had recently (in '02) signed on for Marine Reserves. I didn't know this (that he re-enlisted for reserves), and suddenly, my BF of 6 mos was heading for Okinawa for (what would have become 8 mos). I was grateful he didn't go to Iraq.
I am feeling redeemed that Stop Loss is
finally being talked about. Honestly I was shocked that a man who had 8 years active duty under his belt could sign on for the reserves, and then have "Stop Loss" be instituted so that he had to be deployed over seas for 3, 6, 9 mos, or however long they f-ing felt like. But being a good marine he would never have complained about it and did his duty... maddening.