Send problem kids to the military, then Iraq

NNN0LHI

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Thu Jul-26-07 08:42 AM
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Send problem kids to the military, then Iraq

Note from poster: I don't support this idea.

Don

http://www.stargazettenews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070726/OPINION02/707260322

July 26, 2007

I guess we know why these kids act the way they do. The adults have absolutely no control over them, and they know it. When I was growing up if I got in trouble, like the young man who slapped the woman, after police got done with me, it would have been my parents' turn. These kids have absolutely no respect for themselves or others, especially adults. The military needs more recruits, so why not round up all the punks, gang members and druggies in the United States and send them over to Iraq. See how long this war lasts. What a wake-up call for those people to see life in the real world. It would empty out our cities and free the young men and women to come home.

DIANE RODABAUGH

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Solly Mack

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Thu Jul-26-07 08:43 AM
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1. ick

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YOY

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Thu Jul-26-07 08:46 AM
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2. Say Helloooooo massive War Crimes!

What an infamously stupid idea.

Send young Republicans. Send them all.

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sinkingfeeling

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Thu Jul-26-07 08:49 AM
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3. So according to Diane, troubled kids are 'punks, gang members, and druggies' and are not

'young men and women'. Interesting.

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Totally Committed

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Thu Jul-26-07 08:49 AM
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4. Isn't this a bit like dropping your problem teens off at the Mall to hang out with their friends...

so they can run in packs, harassing the people trying to shop?

"Out of sight, out of mind" is not a parenting ploy I endorse.

TC

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babylonsister

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Thu Jul-26-07 08:50 AM
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5. Weren't 'problem kids' given a choice in VN, jail or duty? Some

choice; wrong then, wrong now.

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Throwing Stones

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Thu Jul-26-07 09:14 AM
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6. Great idea, let's start with America's # 1 problem child - the drunk, cokehead, awol deciderer

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Tierra_y_Libertad

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Thu Jul-26-07 09:18 AM
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7. "You do not use good steel to make nails. You do not use good men to make soldiers."

Chines proverb.

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spanone

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Thu Jul-26-07 09:25 AM
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8. a death sentence for being a 'problem' child? I think not.

this person needs help.

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NNN0LHI

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Thu Jul-26-07 10:21 AM
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9. I have had parents tell me that they were trying to get their 'problem' children into the army

Recently too.

Sad state of affairs.

Don

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