Oh, just one other thing...

On DADT.... I was in the Civil Air Patrol, and on an air force base for schooling when I was sixteen. And I knew I was gay... although I wouldn't admit it to myself....

So let's go there, for a moment, very brief... Naturally, in that situation, you get up in the morning and have to go to a communal shower.

Now the Repubs think you will go salivate over everyone there....

And slap the make on someone, or something, or wait for them to drop their soap.

The stupid really hurts, sometimes.

The reality was.... you kept yourself TO yourself. You washed up, did your business, and got outta there. Because there was a lot of stuff to do to get your gear in order and appear on the runway looking perfect. Because if you didn't... it was going to reflect badly on the rest of the men in your group. And they wouldn't take it kindly.

And you were sort of welded into a group.

And never had the time to even think about other things.

It was about taking care of one another, and seeing that no one fucked up. It was a group thing.

I never got that far, but I think it turns into a routine. You are there, given a goal, and you strive to achieve it. Not more, not less.

(I had thought of going into the Air Force after high school, but Viet Nam sort of nixed it for me, I couldn't think of doing that, thought that war was senseless.)

Am sure people in the military go on their own sort of bender when they get free time in various parts of the world, in their own way. Everyone needs a vent, hey.

HOWEVER: when they are in their units, they are disciplined, no matter who they are, or whom they love.

And I DO think that some people on the dark side are reading really horrible porn to even hint at what they 'think' goes on.

Will admit, I only had a very small glimpse into that world.... But I know....

Don't Ask Don't Tell deserves to be relegated to the garbage dump of history.

They don't need to 'study' it for another year.... It's a no-brainer. 25 allied countries already repealed their ban. What's to think about?

Tja, always playing to the grandstands, I guess...

Sometimes I get so disgusted....