BS --
I would does not and never will be equal to
I DID...
Just like having relatives that served means squat to what each individual does for themselves and their country. My serving relatives goes as far back as I can trace it. And going to college first certainly doesn't prevent anyone from then joining the military for an enlistment term. That's where most of the officers come from.
I never had a draft card. I dropped out of HS and volunteered and was gone by the time I was 18, signed at 17 under an early entry cache program. I worked my way up through the ranks and was eventually recommended to a military academy by the Board of Review and my Commanding Officer. After my service, I used the GI Bill and worked to pay my own way and my young wife's way through college. She also worked and her parents helped her some with tuition. We both took our sacred oaths very seriously and worked our way through the many problems that any marriage can have. Life is a
'do-it-yourself-project' and it's seldom a
'walk-in-the-park' in my experience.
As to things being different 5 decades ago, that's just BS.
The worth of any person's
word and even more, a
sacred oath, has not changed in thousands of years. Claiming it does or has is just another BS excuse for not having a
word that's worth spit.
The proper
'civilized' way of doing things has also not changed.
~~ Meet - Know - Love - Commit/Marry - Procreate - Raise the next generation to adulthood with the kind of values that continues to move society forward.
Eventual Extinction is the penalty for not doing so.
When you screw with that correct order of doing things, then you deserve what you get,,,, but the rest of society around you doesn't deserve the mess that you create for them to deal with, and/or pay for.
And this is one of the main reasons why
culture and values are way more important than the shade of anyone's skin, and they always have been.
I didn't call out numbers or anyone else in specific. I made a comment on those that have never served and would not serve, because they are only interested in
'Looking out for #1' instead of ever making a real sacrifice. If it doesn't apply to anyone in particular, then they should just ignore it and move along.
Or whine about it if you'd like, no matter to me.