a lot more emotionally goes into being a soldier, sure, but i don't respect them for being one in the first place. they are not serving any high purpose. they're doing the job because it's a paycheque and they didn't have many other options (except maybe being a sewercleaner).specops10-4 wrote:
Its not polite to do it face-face but eh whatever I'll just talk shit behind his back, way more respectful.Uzique wrote:
i've made my opinion clear to my cousin, whenever he has asked for it. i'm not going to go and berate his life choice because it's not a polite thing to do to anyone, face-to-face. but when it has come up in conversation, we have both made it mutually clear to one another that if he applied himself better in school, he now wouldn't be looking at armed service. why do you think i should have some hushed reverence for military men? i literally have zero respect for military men. why do you have such great respect for them? sewer cleaners do a tough job too. do you salute them whenever they walk by?
I have more respect for sewer cleaners than the kids who just squeeked by college and became accountants at some bland office in a cubicle. But a sewer cleaner doesn't risk his life, he won't witness his friends die, or have to kill people just because he was ordered to. A lot more goes into being a soldier than a sewer worker while both have a role in society.
and did you not read my posts? i've already said i've made my views clear to him. nothing disrespectful going on, here.
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