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Posted on 01-01-10 02:51:00 PM

Wow, that's awesome. Take care of yourself.

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Posted on 01-01-10 02:56:07 PM

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Finland has conscription, right?

My dad really wanted me to work for the US Army back in 2007. It got to the point where he said that I deserve to die if I don't get a military job

Me, I'm not military material. I don't like war and, although I recognize the need for a nominal defence force, I have no desire to be a part of one.

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Posted on 01-01-10 03:02:03 PM

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I don`t know what exactly you`re doing. Mostly because Anya said "Awesome"

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Posted on 01-01-10 03:05:18 PM

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I said awesome because I think anyone who decides to join (no matter the country) has balls and thus is awesome.

I would have joined, but they won't let me in due to my asthma (which is a lot better now).

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Posted on 01-01-10 03:08:14 PM

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Originally posted by Anya
I said awesome because I think anyone who decides to join (no matter the country) has balls and thus is awesome.

I would have joined, but they won't let me in due to my asthma (which is a lot better now).

Oh. Well then, good luck, man.
I`m too much of a pussy to join the army

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Posted on 01-01-10 03:09:06 PM (last edited by FieryIce at 01-01-10 12:09 PM)

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Then call me uncool and a coward but I'd rather read books calmly in my house, find a job, earn money and travel around the world but as a tourist.

I'm too pacifist like to go to the army or a war...

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Posted on 01-01-10 03:10:16 PM (last edited by Terra at 01-01-10 12:10 PM)

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Yeah, I'd be ducking for cover and running, then I'd get a dishonourable discharge

Not to mention that the US Army still only allows heterosexual people.

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Posted on 01-01-10 03:11:19 PM

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Ooops, I forgot to put up a disclaimer again, didn't I.

I don't mean that people who do not join the military do not have balls. I just have respect for those who join, that is what I meant. I am sorry that my term of "balls" meant that the rest of us are pussies.

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Posted on 01-01-10 03:15:14 PM

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Originally posted by Terra
Not to mention that the US Army still only allows heterosexual people.

Yeah, that could get me kicked out too.

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Posted on 01-01-10 03:15:18 PM

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Originally posted by Anya
Ooops, I forgot to put up a disclaimer again, didn't I.

I don't mean that people who do not join the military do not have balls. I just have respect for those who join, that is what I meant. I am sorry that my term of "balls" meant that the rest of us are pussies.

That isn`t what I meant. I`m just not the guy who likes war.

Terra: I thought the rule was only applied to openly homosexual people? Am I misinformed?

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Posted on 01-01-10 03:20:28 PM

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Originally posted by Princess Nehema
Originally posted by Anya
Ooops, I forgot to put up a disclaimer again, didn't I.

I don't mean that people who do not join the military do not have balls. I just have respect for those who join, that is what I meant. I am sorry that my term of "balls" meant that the rest of us are pussies.

That isn`t what I meant. I`m just not the guy who likes war.
Terra: I thought the rule was only applied to openly homosexual people? Am I misinformed?

Yes, you are correct. I wouldn't get in even if I wanted to, not until that discriminatory law is repealed.

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Posted on 01-01-10 03:24:37 PM

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Where did that come from, anyway? I don`t see much of a point :/

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Posted on 01-01-10 03:29:17 PM

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I have no interest in the military, and can't join anyway, considering that I'm a lesbian

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Posted on 01-01-10 03:32:52 PM (last edited by FieryIce at 01-01-10 12:34 PM)

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Originally posted by Princess Nehema
Where did that come from, anyway? I don`t see much of a point :/

Before 1993 (?) it was illegal to be gay and in the army, the army had the right to question your sexuality and do whatever it could to find out if you're gay or not if it had suspicions. Then Clinton attempted to repeal the law but congress couldn't pass a repeal, a compromise was "Don't Ask Don't Tell" which states that the army shall not question anyone's sexuality as long as those in the army keep it a secret. "They don't ask, you don't tell."

Heterosexism in America! :specialed:

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Posted on 01-01-10 03:36:36 PM

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Yus, conscription it is.

Civil service is just not for me.

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Posted on 01-01-10 04:35:17 PM

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There's still branches of the military that don't allow women to join.

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Posted on 01-01-10 05:07:06 PM

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In Finland, women can volunteer for army, but they do not receive conscription otherwise.

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Posted on 01-02-10 02:39:22 AM

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But this is Finland... that means you'll be in very very cold conditions for 6 months near the Arctic, right?

Enjoy the... wargames I guess. Or the protection of the Arctic Circle. Or whatever they want you to do. :\

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Posted on 01-02-10 03:47:33 AM

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Good luck, dude.

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