gottman said:
You certainly do lack tact p342i, but you also lack rudimentary respect. Ridiculing the effort of Australian soldiers whom you so callously refer to as 'grunts', generalising them as 'violent' is no way to degrade others who chastise you for being a wanker, because that is exactly what you are.
You seem to be quite able to blow lots of hot air, predicting your future, contrasting a 'gold collar job' against the grunts of the army. But humility and respect is what sees the majority of Australian soldiers develop character and moral fibre, of which you have none. Your self-aggrandisement impresses no-one, while your lack of respect offends many.
I believe 'grunts' is the correct terminology to refer to a low-ranked Army soldier; ie. a 'Private'. I used the term to distinguish between being a soldier, and being an officer; ie: normal enrolement as compared to ADFA.
I wasn't saying that the soldiers were violent, rather that "Tanker" was for saying they would like to slap me, and that a job in the army would be able to accomodate that violence simply through the inherent nature of the profession [which can undoubtely involve violence]
Also, do you think I care if you think I'm a wanker. Its not a definitive description of someone, just a way to say 'I don't like you' - and if so, then good for you.
I outlining my future I was defending against "Tanker's" claim that I would get no where in life with that attitude - I wasn't comparing to any other career in an attempt to prove I am better. There are way to many lawyers in the world as it is, so why would I promote it to people as a better career?
Oh, and you're statement about moral fiber? How would you know what soldeirs are acutally like, generalising like a particular profession consisits entire of pinnicles of morality and character. You are so full of shit, and you dare make a judgement on whether I have morals? You don't even know me, and I do have morals, many of them as accords to my own personal philosophy.
Anyway, if you had read my post afore you would have realised that this stupid argument in this forum is over.
BTW Gottman: do you have any idea of the kind of bastardisation that goes on in the RMCA. I have a cousin who enlisted, and although he wasn't a taget himself. He told me what went on. Considering the hype that has recently been in the media, I would have thought that you would have had the sense to not make a riddiculous defence of the army. Rape of women, 12 times as many suicides in the army as to the air-force, lowering of standards. They really are the paramount of moral fiber and character.
