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Originally Posted by sperry
And guy who stormed the beaches at Normandy, or jumped into France, or flew over Germany, or sailed in the Pacific, or took part in any way with our victory in WWII, can be the most crochety, old, flagrant asshole known to man. IMO, he earned it.
If you're a Veteran of wars since then, there's a little more question as to what you actually earned, but old vets are hero's IMO. Not to be too melodramatic, but at an age when you and I were bitching about dying on level 20 of some dumb video game, they were dying for the freedom of the world. So even if they were and aren't the nicest person, they still deserve our respect.
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Then: you were yanked straight out of high school and sent off to die for some cause you may even be totally against.
Now: you sign up, under your own will, and likely don't get shot at NEARLY as much...
Yeah, there's a point where you've given nearly EVERYTHING for your country next to your life itself, and THOSE fellas can be as ornery as they like far as I'm concerned!