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Originally Posted by Julie
I seriously doubt Roadkill made up that story about being in combat with women, and he had a right to give his opinion about his experiences.
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Maybe so but it does not give him the right to dismissed our vastly more ample experiences.
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Originally Posted by Julie
Ya know, as horrible as things went in this Iraq war, it's upbeat and issues are highlighted here when positive things come out of that situation in Iraq, because the odds have been so against them.
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I rather not get into a pissing contest of who has seen what. Frankly, as horrible as what he had experienced, we had it worst. Just read the Brigadier's (Ray's) post above.
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Originally Posted by Julie
On the other hand, when something positive happens as to the involvement of women, it is downplayed, and excuses made like it is a negative event.
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I challenge you to state where we/I downplay his experiences and made it into a negative event. There are hundreds of stories involving women that I can come up with from WWII partisans to Vietnam where the women slug it out with the men but it does not qualify them to fit the role of the modern military that we have been at pains to explain. If putting things into perspective is downplaying the events, so is ignoring the needs of the modern infanteer. In fact, Roadkill is not even qualified to be in the infantry which shows how little he knows of infantry demands, let alone being qualified to speak about women in that role.
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Originally Posted by Julie
The bad attitude came from Roadkill when his facts didn't fit someone's theories here, then it just snowballed from there.
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The bad attitude was there to begin with. His 1st comments were insults. I, in fact, let things slide and he responded with venom. Do not shift blame and responsibility was his to begin with. Frankly, if you're afraid to have your opinions challenged, then you should not be posting.
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Originally Posted by Julie
I would just like to call attention to that kind of "politicing" here. It's not fair, it's narrowminded, and very unwelcoming.
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I'm not afraid of contraversy. I'm not afraid of being called wrong. I'm not afraid of stating upfront that you are wrong. I do not visit forums where everybody agree to be nice to each other. All I ask is that you be pilote about disagreeing. My points are valid. Whatever points he had were buried under his ignorance.