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From: mading@puff.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Why call 'em dirtballs
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Date: Fri, 6-Nov-87 16:55:22 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  6 16:55:22 1987
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In article <170@kaos.UUCP>, hilda@kaos.UUCP (Hilda Marshall) writes:
> >> 
> >>  While on active duty in the Army I had occasion to witness what
> >> drugs did to the performance of friends and other individuals.  They no
> >> longer car about doing their jobs, they came to work late, they went
> >> AWOL, etc.  Drugs weren't the sole cause of this by any means, but they
> >> were a substanial reason.
> 
> May I propose that another possible cause was active duty in the Army?

John Meaders (sp?) was on active duty in the Army and did not end up
on durgs.  Some people in the Army do get tired of the monotony of the
service and turn to drugs to escape.  These are people who never did
drugs before enlisting.  When they end up on drugs, their performance
degrades to the point where they are unfit for duty.  The Army is anti-
drug because they need good men (and women), not drugged-out men (and
women).  If the Army allowed their soldiers to be on drugs, our defense
would be weak and some nation like Russia or Iran could just walk in and
take over and force their government on us.  Would you like Gorbachev to
be president?  Or maybe the Ayatolla?  Or maybe, I don't know, I can't
think of anyone off the top of my head, maybe-

SATAN? :-)

Eric Mading
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Known to the University as a BS/4 student.  My student ID is privledged
information.  And these views are mine, not the University's or anyone
related to it.  These views may be shared by some students, factulity,
staff, employees, etc., but that is pure coincedence.