Reply #151: My message deleted? [View All]

[George_Bonanza]

What did I say that merited a delete? I spent a lot of time writing that. It had many valid points in it too. Sheesh. I hope you got to read it before it got deleted. If you got offended, then I'm sorry.

The PDF link is right there. Only an idiot would miss it. And it's not some 60 page thesis on national service, it's a big-fonted 6 page leaflet that can be perused in 2 minutes. Basically, you're adding your hate of a candidate based on his web design which you felt was insufficient. That's not a good reason. If you were an impartial voter looking for a candidate and their platforms, and you were alarmed by his national service policy, then you would've clicked on that easy-to-find link to probe further to gain a full conclusion. Instead, it seems that you were just content to seek any kind of potential dirt on Kerry and because there were no custom-made flashing neon signs saying, "Not Mandatory!!!" it's somehow Kerry's fault, when you could've easily clicked on that link to read over 6 pages of size 20+ font that further elaborated on that issue.

Nowhere on his plan does he say he especially wants kids to enlist in the military, it merely says he wants more Americans in the army. Him being an army guy, and with our men stretched out in Iraq as it is, that position is understandable. He's simply expressing a desire to keep the American military as manned and fit as possible. Howard Dean also shares this view. It says that he will disallow banning the ROTC (Army Reserve Officer Training Corps) on campus grounds, but the ROTC isn't necessarily pure military recruitment. It is a officer/leadership course in college that has multiple applications, whether in business, volunteerism, etc.