Reply #15: No, not baseless at all. I applied Thoreau's test. [View All]

[Mairead]

This is not a court of law, and the proof is in the contrast between his behavior before and after the finding of alleged disability. Any guy that could lift weights, wrestle, play rough-contact football, and similar activities had a back that was plenty healthy enough for military service. I suppose metaphorically his back could be said to have been the problem, but physically? No, I don't believe that.

As to his not having had any strings pulled, and the probative value of his not having been examined by a family doctor...puh-leeze. I'm sure Smirk's family would tell you his NG appointment was on the up-and-up, too.