Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!tektronix!reed!holland From: holland@reed.UUCP (A physics student) Newsgroups: misc.legal,alt.flame Subject: Re: Why call 'em dirtballs Message-ID: <7680@reed.UUCP> Date: Mon, 9-Nov-87 14:56:20 EST Article-I.D.: reed.7680 Posted: Mon Nov 9 14:56:20 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 11-Nov-87 21:48:53 EST References: <602@auscso.UUCP> <932@ih1ap.ATT.COM> <170@kaos.UUCP> <1228@puff.wisc.edu> Organization: Reed College Physics Studs Lines: 74 Summary: Another flame Xref: mnetor misc.legal:3811 alt.flame:529 In article <1228@puff.wisc.edu>, mading@puff.wisc.edu (Eric Mading) writes: > In article <170@kaos.UUCP>, hilda@kaos.UUCP (Hilda Marshall) writes: > > >> ^Here is where someone elses name should be. Please edit carefully! > > >> 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. Are you surprised. I'd freak oput in the army. Their commercials are so nice. Yes, teamwork, meet a lot of people, learn something. Bullshit. Why do people need to escape? There must be something wrong with the army if people turn to drugs. > 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). Same questions; Why do people in the army use drugs because they are freaking out. What does the army do? It takes on a harsh anti-drug stand. Why doesn't it try to solve the problem? Why doesn't it do anything about conditions in the army? > 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- I certainly prefer them to you. > SATAN? :-) SATAN? ` 0__,\ , 0 / > 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. And most unlikely, too! -Mike Mike Reerink Reed College Portland Oregon Student ID N28598. I am 6'1" tall, weigh 165 lbs. I am currently wearing Nike running shoes and a red sweater. These views are either mine or not. Reed College definitely endorses my views since I am receiving financial aid. I am not an employee of Nike, the US government or the KGB. I am not a drug dealer. I am not a supreme court nominee. I am not a democratic presidential candidate. I do not know Donna Rice, Fawn Hall, or Tammy Faye ('where's the make-up, Jimmy-babe?') Bakker. I do not like my own views, but knowing that other people do (Hi Mom) I am not changing my mind. I am not a resident of the United States. I am moving back to the USSR as soon as I get my degree in espionage here. My current .signature can not be disabled anymore now, so read it and have fun. -- Michael L. Reerink | Disclaimer: I don't have an employer so I don't need Reed College | a disclaimer. But I might as well just fill these 3 Portland, Oregon | lines with one. The rest of this space is for sale.