Comments on: One more destroyed life. How many more? http://marklindner.info/blog/2006/01/21/one-more-destroyed-life-how-many-more/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:54:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ...the thoughts are broken... http://marklindner.info/blog/2006/01/21/one-more-destroyed-life-how-many-more/comment-page-1/#comment-457 ...the thoughts are broken... Mon, 23 Jan 2006 00:21:12 +0000 http://marklindner.info/blog/?p=398#comment-457 <strong>My Neighborhood</strong> The decision to post this came about due to a comment from Angel on my post from yesterday, One more destroyed life. How many more? The following originated as an email to a friend of mine, Gina the anthropologist, after an incident at a discussion for... My Neighborhood

The decision to post this came about due to a comment from Angel on my post from yesterday, One more destroyed life. How many more? The following originated as an email to a friend of mine, Gina the anthropologist, after an incident at a discussion for…

]]> By: Mark http://marklindner.info/blog/2006/01/21/one-more-destroyed-life-how-many-more/comment-page-1/#comment-456 Mark Sun, 22 Jan 2006 22:10:44 +0000 http://marklindner.info/blog/?p=398#comment-456 Yes, Angel, it is a complete shame! The US Army, and the US military in general, used to be (is it anymore?) held up as the epitome of racial integration due to the great strides made in the late 70s and the 80s. Now I wonder if the decision was made for the 'right' reasons or only because they realized they'd be able to send more of the poor and disenfranchised and less of "their own children?" I know that's a bit conspiratorial. No matter, the outcome is a complete shame. Yes, Angel, it is a complete shame! The US Army, and the US military in general, used to be (is it anymore?) held up as the epitome of racial integration due to the great strides made in the late 70s and the 80s.

Now I wonder if the decision was made for the ‘right’ reasons or only because they realized they’d be able to send more of the poor and disenfranchised and less of “their own children?” I know that’s a bit conspiratorial. No matter, the outcome is a complete shame.

]]> By: Angel http://marklindner.info/blog/2006/01/21/one-more-destroyed-life-how-many-more/comment-page-1/#comment-455 Angel Sun, 22 Jan 2006 21:55:35 +0000 http://marklindner.info/blog/?p=398#comment-455 What irked me about the story, if "irked" is even the right word (at least more polite than a few other choice words) is the observation at the end about how they always go recruit the children of the poor in places like Alabama, or ethnic minorities. I just recently read an article on the impact of militarism on the Latino population, and this just made me think more of that. The warmongers are more than happy to send someone else's children, but God forbid they actually send their own. I am not even going into the disgusting way that those who do return are treated, which is shameful to put it mildly. What irked me about the story, if “irked” is even the right word (at least more polite than a few other choice words) is the observation at the end about how they always go recruit the children of the poor in places like Alabama, or ethnic minorities. I just recently read an article on the impact of militarism on the Latino population, and this just made me think more of that. The warmongers are more than happy to send someone else’s children, but God forbid they actually send their own. I am not even going into the disgusting way that those who do return are treated, which is shameful to put it mildly.

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