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05-27-2007, 07:38 PM
This thread is a response to a question asked in the Are you a Vet thread.
http://www.bdsmlibrary.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5482
Not a vet, or on active guard. Actually the closest thing I've been to in seeing any action is walking beside my cousin on a street in Karachi(who was around 40, I was 10) and him getting shot. I don't remember a lot after that, except that I ran as fast as I could before being picked up by someone who apparently knew my family and dropped me of home. I've never been able to hold a gun since. How you guys face(d) it is beyond me, all I can say is that you people have the courage I don't have.
On a side note, or rather a question, what happens when you're in the army, and object to the war? I'm not trying to bring out any political discussions, I'm just curious.
The answer to your question is we become a contentious objector.
Taking that stance will do a number of things to your status as an American solider. First you are removed from mobility status, and can not be deployed until that status is rescinded. Depending on when you decide to take this action, if it endangers other soldiers you can be deemed a threat to the mission, as well as safety to military assets. If you become a threat you can be killed.
There are social implications as well, but if you decided to make such a choice then the social implications would sort of be mute I think.
I once new a kid who took this stance, he did so because he was afraid of deploying to the middle east. After that threat was gone he rescinded his stance, and he was ostracized. We didn't give him the opportunity for further deployments. No need in risking a repeat of his actions.
http://www.bdsmlibrary.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5482
Not a vet, or on active guard. Actually the closest thing I've been to in seeing any action is walking beside my cousin on a street in Karachi(who was around 40, I was 10) and him getting shot. I don't remember a lot after that, except that I ran as fast as I could before being picked up by someone who apparently knew my family and dropped me of home. I've never been able to hold a gun since. How you guys face(d) it is beyond me, all I can say is that you people have the courage I don't have.
On a side note, or rather a question, what happens when you're in the army, and object to the war? I'm not trying to bring out any political discussions, I'm just curious.
The answer to your question is we become a contentious objector.
Taking that stance will do a number of things to your status as an American solider. First you are removed from mobility status, and can not be deployed until that status is rescinded. Depending on when you decide to take this action, if it endangers other soldiers you can be deemed a threat to the mission, as well as safety to military assets. If you become a threat you can be killed.
There are social implications as well, but if you decided to make such a choice then the social implications would sort of be mute I think.
I once new a kid who took this stance, he did so because he was afraid of deploying to the middle east. After that threat was gone he rescinded his stance, and he was ostracized. We didn't give him the opportunity for further deployments. No need in risking a repeat of his actions.