tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304235862479840318.post6978865329111601039..comments2024-01-08T04:16:25.601-08:00Comments on Ché (What You Call Your) Pasa: Could Be A Good ThingChé Pasahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01926630891287949373noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304235862479840318.post-80170218515056715852012-12-06T04:15:29.884-08:002012-12-06T04:15:29.884-08:00From what little I know of it, the burden of relig...From what little I know of it, the burden of religious fervor was light in the Air Force of my parents' day (that goes back to the AAC...) <br /><br />The Air Force Academy has been infected for decades, however, and stories have been circulating for a long time that the infection has spread to all the service academies and is virulent among the troops. <br /><br />This is the first time I've seen someone from West Point take the risk of publicly objecting and resigning in protest. It's not going to change things overnight, but it could start a process of reform. On the other hand, it could reinforce the growing religious aspects of "service."<br /><br />The problem goes well beyond overt discrimination against atheists, which seems to be his primary objection and protest. <br /><br />A Catholic, Hindu or Jain cannot serve in such a military -- to say nothing of a Muslim or a Buddhist. What of a Mormon? OMG, in a manner of speaking. <br /><br />What is being proselytized in the military is not "faith" as such, it is a particular brand of so-called faith that in essence must be accepted and rigidly adhered-to as part of military indoctrination; those who do not accept/adhere are discriminated against and ultimately ostracized. <br /><br />That is dangerous for the military and for society. But I'm not sure the corrupt and addled leadership of today's military has any idea.<br /><br />(I despised the draft when it was providing fodder to the corrupt and addled military leaders of yore to pursue their fantasies of thwarting the vast International Commonist Conspiracy that was impurifying our precious bodily fluids, but at least the draft ensured that civil society understood what was going on. Today's volunteer military is completely apart from civilian consciousness and understanding and it is growing more separated all the time. It's not a good thing.)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Ché Pasahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926630891287949373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304235862479840318.post-24284865509217488192012-12-05T21:00:49.382-08:002012-12-05T21:00:49.382-08:00The military didn't have any of this religious...The military didn't have any of this religious indoctrination nonsense back when my Dad was in the airforce. Being an irreverent man (though professing Roman Catholicism) he would have mentioned it, and mocked it.<br /><br />So, it must be a relatively recent phenomenon, I wonder if it started after the Cold War. I expect without an existential threat to the United States, some other motivating factor needed to be used.vampyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14660319794133128873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304235862479840318.post-76851388309126099912012-12-05T08:28:16.057-08:002012-12-05T08:28:16.057-08:00That's an interesting decision he's made. ...That's an interesting decision he's made. It will likely be a costly one. I enlisted in the Air Force right out of High School. There was some religious non-sense mostly in basic training. After that we were pretty much left to our own devices. There were a number of other religious airman that were always trying to get me involved with their church or whatnot. I got a few nice dinners out of the deal but knew ahead of time I had no interest in their fiction. I think the Air Force academy is very much like West Point with the high level of religious silliness. The best part of being a veteran is I can criticize the military and automatically have a shield from the insane people that worship it.Pathmannoreply@blogger.com