Wow, getting mail from the Department of the Army is a scary moment nowadays. It wasn't certified mail, but I still had to stop and breathe before I could open it. Turns out its just my HONORABLE DISCHARGE papers and certificate. I checked it 3 times, says Honorable and says Discharge, the real deal.
Fuck being "no part of this world", fuck self-righteous neanterthalic logic, fuck JW's whose existence is a beautiful illustration of the power of freedom in this country but whose mindset is a horrid blasphemy against all of the people who have suffered to bring this free world about (a real "new system" in history). If no man or woman ever took up arms to establish freedom of religion, freedom of thought, freedom of association, and freedom of speech, every JW on earth would be a loyal member of some state religion, they would be dead, or they would be something just as bad. Fuck YOU, for viewing those who would fight to pursue these ideals as some kind of sinner. The best men and women I have ever had the privalege to meet, were/are in the military.
I hated every moment in uniform, I just plain don't have the personality for it. I wouldn't give it back for anything in the world. I understand the human condition 1000 times more than if I had never done it. If I'm called up off of Inactive Ready Reserve (IRR), between now and 2010 I'll go and serve and suffer with pride.
No matter what your opinion of events nowadays, something you can believe without delusion is "Bad men prevail ONLY when good men do nothing". I believe that with every cell in my body.
HOOAH!
Essayons! (Let us Try!) - motto of the US Army Corps of Engineers