[HPFGU-OTChatter] Clean Language ( was Re: Freaks and Geeks)

[Lee Storm(God Is The Healing Force)]

[Tonks]:
| I wonder if the fowl language in the military is for a purpose. Not 
| to 'make a boy into a man', but to teach hated of the enemy. I 
| suspect there is some psychological reason for doing it.

Well, if there is, I can't see it.  Using such language to teach hatred of
the enemy?  I don't see how that should/would work, and if that is the
reason, it seems ludicrous.

[Tonks]:
| But with 
| women in the military these days, I think it would be more out of 
| place.

[Lee]:
Double standard, my girl?  Naughty, naughty!  That's definitely a big
annoyance for me...the double standard principle...it's okay for a man but
not for a woman, or visa versa.  Not, IMHO.

[Tonks]:
| But then I don't think that women should be in the military, 
| but that is another story. (I can see the e-mails coming now. By 
| this I mean, a women should not be in a combat zone, on the front 
| lines or not. War is a man's job. And no, I don't think that women 
| should stay home and have babies, either. We should let men do the 
| dirty work. That is what they were made for.. to take out the 
| trash... and, oh ya, don't forget to change my flat tire while you 
| are at it.  ;-)

[Lee]:
<Shaking head vigorously!>

Are you kidding?  I hope you are!!  Being somewhat of a grease-monkey, I
find the idea of changing flats just fine; I'd rather be able to change my
own flat tire than have to call and wait for someone to do it for me.

And as far as being on the front lines, again, that double standard thing.
When one signs up to serve, one takes whatever position he or she does best.
Assigning a hot woman pilot to a desk job for which she is unsuited or some
other position to which her temperament and qualifications might create
problems not only for her but for those around her is a complete waste in
many ways.

Normally a conservative, this is one area where I am not and believe in
using all people for the potential for which they were created in whatever
positions will best utilize their capabilities.

Let me flop off my soap box now and dive into the shower, hoping it will
drown my rather annoying head-ouch, a gift left behind from all the pressure
and humidity changes.

Cheers,

Lee