Alan & Brenda Leonard

1/6/03 02:27:

> << I knew a lot of guys who
> were drafted into the Vietnam war, and the socialization they
> reported was mostly of the negative variety... >>

I have far deeper concerns. From my vantage point (and it's a pretty good
one, these days, living 5 minutes from the barracks), the army has stress
and morale problems, which tend to manifest themselves in anger, violence,
drunkeness, drug use, suicide, and a lot of other ugly ways.

And these are people who *volunteered* to be in the army. Just imagine how
wonderful it would be if we added a whole lot of folks who didn't want to be
there in the first place. And just how wonderfully socialized they'd be.

brenda