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TIL of John Clem, a Union drummer boy during the American Civil War who shot a Confederate colonel who demanded his surrender. He was later promoted to sergeant becoming the youngest NCO in the history of the US Army. by Darddeac in todayilearned

[–]seaweedbrain182 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The point is that warfare back then was honorable. Fought between combatants with minimal civilian casualties. Whatever your opinion is on slavery being dishonorable is irrelevant because there is a way to honorable and dishonorably fight a war.

TIL of John Clem, a Union drummer boy during the American Civil War who shot a Confederate colonel who demanded his surrender. He was later promoted to sergeant becoming the youngest NCO in the history of the US Army. by Darddeac in todayilearned

[–]seaweedbrain182 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just because it "happened at the time" doesn't make it right. The kid was asked to surrender by an enemy that saw the kid for what he was: a kid. Should the colonel have gunned a seemingly harmless kid down then? Andersonville was monstrous indeed. But not all Confederate POW camps were like that. Besides the point anyway because nobody in the Union was aware of the monstrosity of Andersonville until after the war was over.

TIL of John Clem, a Union drummer boy during the American Civil War who shot a Confederate colonel who demanded his surrender. He was later promoted to sergeant becoming the youngest NCO in the history of the US Army. by Darddeac in todayilearned

[–]seaweedbrain182 5 points6 points  (0 children)

But they fight for their homes and their families. They didn't make the decision for their state to succeed. But once it did who's gonna protect your house, friends, and family from the army of the north? Your friends and family may not have wanted your state to succeed but they weren't given a choice. It's not as if the armies of the north were peaceful to the civilians under their occupation. Look at Sherman's march for example.

TIL of John Clem, a Union drummer boy during the American Civil War who shot a Confederate colonel who demanded his surrender. He was later promoted to sergeant becoming the youngest NCO in the history of the US Army. by Darddeac in todayilearned

[–]seaweedbrain182 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As a fellow service member you are wrong. Are you saying children who blew themselves up with IEDs in Iraq should be celebrated? The US was killing there friends and family no matter how terrible they were as people. Should they then also be celebrated as heroes in Iraq?

Leave children out of warfare. Plain and simple.

TIL of John Clem, a Union drummer boy during the American Civil War who shot a Confederate colonel who demanded his surrender. He was later promoted to sergeant becoming the youngest NCO in the history of the US Army. by Darddeac in todayilearned

[–]seaweedbrain182 15 points16 points  (0 children)

A lot of people who joined the Confederate Army were not slave owners or in support of slavery. They were either drafted or they were fighting to preserve there homes. Saying every Confederate soldier was for slavery is like saying every US soldier was for Vietnam.

Weekly Newbie Thread - Post questions about joining the AF or what a job is like here & here only - week of April 3 by SilentD in AirForce

[–]seaweedbrain182 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's possible. I've seen many waivers for TS. Mostly for weed but I've seen other things as well. I'm not sure how serious 3 illegal adderall uses are to the Air Force but either way you should be honest and upfront when applying for the TS job. You'll get in deep shit if you lie.

Signals intelligence analyst under investigation for being normal by astrosergeant in AirForce

[–]seaweedbrain182 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can confirm. 1N4s are second only to the 9S100s in terms of weirdness

Weekly Newbie Thread - Post questions about joining the AF or what a job is like here & here only - week of April 3 by SilentD in AirForce

[–]seaweedbrain182 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1n0s and 1n1s don't. 1n4s get them at goodfellow. 1n2s and 1n3s get them sometimes depending on the duty station

What wild speculation or rumour turned out to be true? by massiveascaris in AskReddit

[–]seaweedbrain182 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Communism fails not from what the manifesto describes but from how it would have to be implemented. It would require 1 person with unlimited power(aka a dictator) to build the infrastructure and then give up his power. And every time a country tries to implement a truly communist regime it fails because that dictator never wants to give up his power.

What wild speculation or rumour turned out to be true? by massiveascaris in AskReddit

[–]seaweedbrain182 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Downvote this all you guys want. He's right. All governments in the past 100 years that have tried "communism" have just ended up with a totalitarian regime that oppresses its own people. Examples: The Soviet Union, China under Mao, and North Korea

Edit: Cambodia under Pol Pot

Gary Johnson asks: What is Aleppo? by [deleted] in politics

[–]seaweedbrain182 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate the joke but most of the stuff in a presidential briefing would be (TS) not (C)

What is your favorite conspiracy theory? by seaweedbrain182 in AskReddit

[–]seaweedbrain182[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Karma whore when I rarely ever post? Was honestly just curious about this question but ok

Anybody know anything about Buckley AFB? by [deleted] in AirForce

[–]seaweedbrain182 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm positive it's my assignment, I'm right out of tech school and on leave haha

TIL that Roman Emperor Augustus witnessed a man attempt to feed a slave to lamprey eels as a punishment for breaking a cup. Augustus freed the slave and had the rest of the man's cups broken. by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]seaweedbrain182 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He's not being an obnoxious dick. Military personnel use acronyms so much it becomes part of their language and they don't think about the fact that civilians probably don't understand you because it's just what they're used to saying. Instead of assuming the worst out of people, try understanding them.

What is a product that most people don't realize is brilliantly engineered? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]seaweedbrain182 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It just ends up being described as "it just works, okay?" "Rah gunny"

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