Re: Tolerance for Dissent on Extropians

From: Joe Dees (joedees@addall.com)
Date: Wed Aug 08 2001 - 12:46:09 MDT


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> Mike Lorrey <mlorrey@datamann.com> extropians@extropy.org Re: Tolerance for Dissent on ExtropiansReply-To: extropians@extropy.org
>
>Brian D Williams wrote:
>>
>> I saw something interesting in one of your other posts though, you
>> claim to be a former Veteran. Please elaborate, this will be an
>> easy thing to check.
>
>Correction, Brian: there is no such thing as a 'former' veteran. You
>either is or you ain't.
>
>I wouldn't be surprised if Joe is a vet. When I came out of the Air
>Force, I was pretty well convinced that the military model of keeping
>personal weapons in the base (or community) armory was a good model for
>maintaining a peaceful society (totally forgetting about the fences and
>armed guards that keep out the riffraff, as well as the relative lack of
>civil rights a military person has). It took me a year or two to
>deprogram the military group-think out of my brain. Some vets I know
>have yet to do so, and still buy into the whole 'the militia is the
>army' BS.
>
US Navy, active duty '74-'77, reserve to '79, AX (aviation antisubmarine warfare technician), maintained avionics gear and hunted soviet subs during the cold war, plank owner in HSL-36 Mayport(H-2 Sea Sprite helos), reserve duty with P-3 Orions out of NOLA.

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