Maybe it's just me.....new member posts asking questions

[Daren Todd]

And is it up to you to decide what is best for humanity or is it up to a committee ?
Of course training people to kill another human for the sake of his/her government has always been a great educator. Many never fully recover from pulling that trigger.
Glad it worked for you.

Not necessarily learning to kill. But a boot camp program with strict discipline and learning has set many people straight. Doesn't have to be a military setting. But the regimented schedule and consequences for actions.....

 

[will721]

I would rather all publicly funded schools be structured like military schools rather than make a requirement of military service. Kids need the structure and exercise that schools lacked when I was a kid and seemingly continue to slack on as the years go by. Not to mention the parents.

 

[Ktrim]

I would rather all publicly funded schools be structured like military schools rather than make a requirement of military service. Kids need the structure and exercise that schools lacked when I was a kid and seemingly continue to slack on as the years go by. Not to mention the parents.

That's the key right there. It starts at home.

 

[Biker1mike]

I would rather all publicly funded schools be structured like military schools rather than make a requirement of military service. Kids need the structure and exercise that schools lacked when I was a kid and seemingly continue to slack on as the years go by. Not to mention the parents.

Ever read 'The Lords of Discipline" by Pat Conroy. A book of fiction, maybe.
West Point had a major cheating scandal. Most of the cadets stayed at the school and got their bars. They should have been drummed out and served the four years as an enlisted man. I will not lie, cheat, steal or tolerate anyone that does. That mantra went out the door years ago.

Respect and discipline needs to be taught at home. If our kids are not teaching this , we failed in our responsibility.

 

[ctfjr]

. . .

Or better yet:

"That guy violated the restraining order against his ex wife, broke into her house, and murdered her. That's just terrible. He used a gun to it that he stole from his neighbors house. We should ban guns. If it was illegal for his neighbor to own that gun this wouldn't have happened. Because if it was against the law for him to have it, that criminal that broke the law to go in his house to get it, then broke the law going near his ex wife, the broke the law breaking into her house, then broke the law to kill her, would be a law abiding citizen today because it was...against the law?. He was a victim! The gun manufacturer should be held liable too!"

Maybe we should have strict laws requiring safe secure storage?

 

[fried1765]

mike no disrespect meant, but military is MUCH more than that. A great career. Dad was in for most of his life, brother in for 9 years and 7 1/2 of that was in Iraq. Neither fired a shot at another human. What military teaches, stateside or wartime overseas, is how to deal with people, it instills basic survival skills, and maybe the most important, respect. Also just as important, teaches folks that we are all different. The military understands that a trained mechanic is not a very good attorney, and a trained pilot is not an excellent chef. That's why I said "we are all different".

Those who have NEVER served...... will NEVER comprehend the significance of serving!

 

[Haste Makes Waste]

I'm pretty mechanical inclined but see this often when I'm being a Google or YouTube mechanic. Someone joins a forum and their 1st post is question....which the answer is probably on the forum if it was searched with in 5 minutes but the person wants a quick fast answer. What makes me roll my eyes is some one asks a question there's a whole discussion of what to do or trial and error and that's it, no end result of " hey thanks that was the solution " so I just read 15 replies with the same issue not knowing exactly what the proper fix is. It's a pet peeve of mine too somrinevasjs a question and hey that's okay but you find the answer let them know, lead them in the right direction and then they put in 0 effort of figuring it out. It's usually another question until you spell it out.

I'm on 4 different forums and I always try to introduce myself and give a story instead of " hey this is my issue" as my 1st post. The search engine is a great tool if someone knows how to use it.

Another unrelated forum I'm on actually has an "Introduce Yourself" Section and many will respond to a new member's first post with a message welcoming them even if they don't have anything else to offer about the post.

I also appreciate when the OP Posts the outcome!