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From: unsettled on 30 Nov 2006 14:09 T Wake wrote: > "unsettled" <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote in message > news:a653d$456f0f75$49ecf2e$29962(a)DIALUPUSA.NET... > >>Lloyd Parker wrote: >> >>>In article <95d74$456dc13c$4fe7752$20089(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>, >>> unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Lloyd Parker wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>In article <485af$456c7009$4fe7665$9791(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>, >>>>> unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>Lloyd Parker wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>In article <ekhdog$8qk_001(a)s1016.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, >>>>>>> jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>>>But again, what you get doesn't depend on your ability to pay. >>>>>> >>>>>>>>Huh? >>>>>> >>>>>>>In a pure socialistic system, you'd receive what you need without >>>>>>>regards >>>>> >>>>>to >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>>ability to pay, right? That's how the military works. >>>>>> >>>>>>In the military physical performance is required and >>>>>>routinely tested. Inability to perform results in >>>>>>separation. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>But you get ahead without regard to wealth. Your ability to pay doesn't >>>>>affect your advancement, as it does with a capitalistic system. >>>> >>>>Performance is the only currency deciding advancement, >>>>which isn't socialist at all. >>> >>> >>>Sure it is. >> >>Nope. >> >> >>>While everyone gets what they need to stay alive and healthy, the best >>>advance. >> >>That's no advance, that's status qou. >> >> >>>However, wealth isn't a consideration in advancement as it is under >>>capitalism. >> >>If a soldier has a heart attack they're discharged from >>military service. Under socialism they'd be cared for and >>returned to duty, lighter duty as necessary. > > > The US military retains the services of soldiers who are wounded or injured > (obviously depending on the severity of the injury). Only if they can recover sufficiently that they would be acceptable as a new recruit. > Most western militaries have a variety of light duties states in which ill, > injured, recovering (etc) soldiers can carry out tasks. Temporary duty, yes. Ill, inhured, and recovering, yes. Not "etc."
From: Eeyore on 30 Nov 2006 14:46 unsettled wrote: > If a soldier has a heart attack they're discharged from > military service. Under socialism they'd be cared for and > returned to duty, lighter duty as necessary. Eh ? There are truly some curious notions floating around ! Graham
From: Eeyore on 30 Nov 2006 14:55 T Wake wrote: > <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message > > krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote: > > <snip> > > > >>It's not a "3" it's "=3F" (the code-point for the apostrophe). I'm > >>not sure what I did (it just happened recently). If someone has an > >>idea how to fix it I certainly will! > > > > Did your system get hexed? > > Maybe sacrificing a chicken will change the codepage... LMAO !!! Hexed indeed ! Graham
From: Eeyore on 30 Nov 2006 15:01 unsettled wrote: > There's a case to be made for the CIA historically having > involved themselves in illegal activies in other countries. Encouraging them you mean ? Graham
From: krw on 30 Nov 2006 15:24
In article <KMmdnS0RdZ4jhfLYRVnygA(a)pipex.net>, usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com says... > > "unsettled" <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote in message > news:a653d$456f0f75$49ecf2e$29962(a)DIALUPUSA.NET... > > Lloyd Parker wrote: > >> In article <95d74$456dc13c$4fe7752$20089(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>, > >> unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: > >> > >>>Lloyd Parker wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>In article <485af$456c7009$4fe7665$9791(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>, > >>>> unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>Lloyd Parker wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>In article <ekhdog$8qk_001(a)s1016.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, > >>>>>> jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>>>>But again, what you get doesn't depend on your ability to pay. > >>>>> > >>>>>>>Huh? > >>>>> > >>>>>>In a pure socialistic system, you'd receive what you need without > >>>>>>regards > >>>> > >>>>to > >>>> > >>>>>>ability to pay, right? That's how the military works. > >>>>> > >>>>>In the military physical performance is required and > >>>>>routinely tested. Inability to perform results in > >>>>>separation. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>But you get ahead without regard to wealth. Your ability to pay doesn't > >>>>affect your advancement, as it does with a capitalistic system. > >>> > >>>Performance is the only currency deciding advancement, > >>>which isn't socialist at all. > >> > >> > >> Sure it is. > > > > Nope. > > > >> While everyone gets what they need to stay alive and healthy, the best > >> advance. > > > > That's no advance, that's status qou. > > > >> However, wealth isn't a consideration in advancement as it is under > >> capitalism. > > > > If a soldier has a heart attack they're discharged from > > military service. Under socialism they'd be cared for and > > returned to duty, lighter duty as necessary. > > The US military retains the services of soldiers who are wounded or injured > (obviously depending on the severity of the injury). If they can recover to come back to their duties. Thre is a lot of time and money invested in a soldier. It would be foolish to throw it away unnecessarily. OTOH, if the person cannot recover he is discharged, as "unsettled" indicated. > > Most western militaries have a variety of light duties states in which ill, > injured, recovering (etc) soldiers can carry out tasks. That's not the way it works. -- Keith |