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Title: Observation
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Published: Jan 16, 2010
Author: F.A. Hayek Fan
Post Date: 2010-01-16 10:24:56 by F.A. Hayek Fan
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As many of you know, a couple of years ago I sold my chain of medical equipment and supply stores and returned to college. While I attend a university, this semester I decided to do some tutoring at a local community college. I've been tutoring there for a week now and I am shocked by the number of young men and women I am seeing in wheelchairs. I have counted twenty so far. Most of them appear to be casualties from the Iraq/Afghanistan wars. I say this because almost all of them use their military rucksacks as their book bags. Now that I think about it, there are quite a few young people in wheelchairs at the university as well. I guess it didn't stand out as much though because there are 25000 students at the university compared with the one or two thousand at the community college. What a sad waste.
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#1. To: F.A. Hayek Fan (#0)
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That is because they are young, idealistic, and sold a buttload of crap. I know because I was one of them. It is natural for the young to be adventurous and military service is marketed as adventurous and as a duty. To the cynical bastards who create the marketing programs, and the wars they don't fight in, it is a game and they think of those who care enough to join as suckers when all they are is young, naive, and desiring to do what is right. It is a filthy game they play on these young kids. So, is someone really willing if they join under that context? I don't think so - they are willing only in that they think they are signing up to do the right thing when in reality the purpose to which their energy is directed is something totally different. So, how willing is someone induced by fraud to act against their own best interests?
OI... Par excellence. All that verbiage and in the final sentence you wrote a volume of wisdom. Thank you.
Thank you, SIR.
#20. To: Original_Intent (#15)
My pleasure. I just wish all of our friends here would read the that sentence in proper context. It explains it all. You might keep it handy, in mind or on paper, for usage the next time this subject arises, as it puts all other rhetoric to rest.
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#12. To: Eric Stratton, F.A. Hayek Fan (#1)
Yet, they all voluntarily sign-up initially and go seemingly willingly.
#14. To: Original_Intent (#12)
So, how willing is someone induced by fraud to act against their own best interests?
#15. To: Cynicom (#14)
Replies to Comment # 15. Thank you, SIR.
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