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Old 04-21-2006, 11:29 AM   #49 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by shek

For example, when I was getting married, my wife wanted to have the wedding in Old Town Alexandria. She got the name and number of the head priest at one of the churches through the secretary, and when she called him, the guy was a complete a$$. He may have been a man of the cloth, but he was a bigger dick than I have ever met in the military, where it's much more possible to be a tyrannical prick and get away with it (however, you tend not to be successful since your subordinates will do exactly what you tell them, and nothing else ).
It may have to do with in the military hierarchy one usually has a superior officer to whom he/she has to answer to.
Whereas the priest has an absentee Supreme Commander!
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