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08-27-2021, 03:47 PM | #75692 (permalink) |
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Jesus Christ, Steph! I'm numb, don't know what to say. Nothing I say will seem sincere, but you have my deep condolences and I hope you and your family can get through this. That's... yeah. I... words fail me. Keep strong, let us know if you need anything.
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08-27-2021, 07:00 PM | #75695 (permalink) |
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Very sorry for your loss Steph. I don't understand how it can happen that 19 year old kids are sent to war but that's the world we live in.
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08-27-2021, 07:04 PM | #75696 (permalink) |
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I don't understand why people join the army in the U.S., they offer some kind of attractive compensation? In exchange for the possibility of being killed?
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08-27-2021, 07:25 PM | #75697 (permalink) | |
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Free college, chance to see the world, patriotic daydreams. And most people don't even get near combat. All that with the absurd military cult in this country that normalizes joining the military as just another job opportunity and lots of people don't even think twice about it.
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08-27-2021, 08:11 PM | #75699 (permalink) | |
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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/27/w...ne-killed.html It's cute how my dad painted it. Like Rylee was some ****ing patriot. As if he himself didn't fail the psychological screening component of basic training and has been trying to compensate for it through a victim complex and romantic cowboy poetry ever since. As if he didn't push Rylee toward the Marines for the sheer badassery since childhood. Anyway my brother made the NYT. Neat. I guess his death really did mean something. |
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08-27-2021, 10:58 PM | #75700 (permalink) |
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There are many things wrong with American society, raising kids to grow up dreaming of joining the army, using guns and risking their lives (for whatever reason) is definitely one of them. I sure as hell wouldn't do it, regardless of the benefits.
But anyways, words are meaningless now, there is only the tragedy and the pain and the loss. And I hope you and your family will find the strength to get through it all. Rest in peace Rylee.
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