Comments on: My Family And The Military http://www.andrewshouts.com/2009/12/10/my-family-and-the-military/ Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:11:08 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Veronique L http://www.andrewshouts.com/2009/12/10/my-family-and-the-military/comment-page-1/#comment-662 Veronique L Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:18:00 +0000 http://www.andrewshouts.com/?p=1907#comment-662 Hey Andrew, I agree with you for the most part. There are several members of my extended family who have either served or are serving in Canadian military, so it was difficult for me to realize that while I support the troops, I do not support the tactics that are being used. I would recommend reading "Three Cups of Tea" by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin if you haven't already. It is very powerful and will help anyone who reads it realize that the solution is not violence, but education. The problem is that the only real solution takes a long time to see results, and the western world, particularly the U.S, want to see more immediate results. Hey Andrew,
I agree with you for the most part. There are several members of my extended family who have either served or are serving in Canadian military, so it was difficult for me to realize that while I support the troops, I do not support the tactics that are being used. I would recommend reading “Three Cups of Tea” by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin if you haven’t already. It is very powerful and will help anyone who reads it realize that the solution is not violence, but education. The problem is that the only real solution takes a long time to see results, and the western world, particularly the U.S, want to see more immediate results.

]]> By: central_european http://www.andrewshouts.com/2009/12/10/my-family-and-the-military/comment-page-1/#comment-647 central_european Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:02:06 +0000 http://www.andrewshouts.com/?p=1907#comment-647 you know, my family was always military. opa (grandfather) in the wehrmacht, other grandfather stood up against the soviets in budapest in '56, then evacuated to canada when nato chickened out. my father spent 20 years in the canadian forces, in the nuclear bunker in north bay and deployed hundreds of meters from the front in cold war west germany, my mom left home at the age of 16 to join the militias in toronto. i spent 4 years in the cadets and two years in the german infantry. now i spend my days yelling at the riot police about tuition (in between comp sci classes and assignments), two large demonstrations per week (2000 students). looking at the preliminary results of the last 4 weeks (we hold 50 universities in germany occupied right now), and how the politicians are stumbling over themselves to fix the bologna-mess they made of our unis, i feel confident saying ive done more for the human race in the last 4 weeks than in 9 months in afghanistan. you know, my family was always military. opa (grandfather) in the wehrmacht, other grandfather stood up against the soviets in budapest in ‘56, then evacuated to canada when nato chickened out. my father spent 20 years in the canadian forces, in the nuclear bunker in north bay and deployed hundreds of meters from the front in cold war west germany, my mom left home at the age of 16 to join the militias in toronto. i spent 4 years in the cadets and two years in the german infantry.

now i spend my days yelling at the riot police about tuition (in between comp sci classes and assignments), two large demonstrations per week (2000 students). looking at the preliminary results of the last 4 weeks (we hold 50 universities in germany occupied right now), and how the politicians are stumbling over themselves to fix the bologna-mess they made of our unis, i feel confident saying ive done more for the human race in the last 4 weeks than in 9 months in afghanistan.

]]> By: central_european http://www.andrewshouts.com/2009/12/10/my-family-and-the-military/comment-page-1/#comment-645 central_european Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:47:14 +0000 http://www.andrewshouts.com/?p=1907#comment-645 we should educate ourselves about things that arent emphasized in the mass media. it sounds lame, but if we just protest this war, there'll be another one in 15 years to take its place. lasting change only comes to a country's leadership when you change the population itself. i suggest: -kill your tv -learn everything you can -talk to people about what you learn of course, a healthy dose of grassroots-democracy, like the referendums the swiss have been doing since 1521, would go a long way. do you see the swiss debasing their culture to outside forces like america or islam, or trampling on other countries' rights? http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volksabstimmung_(Schweiz) we should educate ourselves about things that arent emphasized in the mass media.

it sounds lame, but if we just protest this war, there’ll be another one in 15 years to take its place. lasting change only comes to a country’s leadership when you change the population itself.

i suggest:

-kill your tv
-learn everything you can
-talk to people about what you learn

of course, a healthy dose of grassroots-democracy, like the referendums the swiss have been doing since 1521, would go a long way. do you see the swiss debasing their culture to outside forces like america or islam, or trampling on other countries’ rights?

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volksabstimmung_(Schweiz)

]]> By: Matt http://www.andrewshouts.com/2009/12/10/my-family-and-the-military/comment-page-1/#comment-644 Matt Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:35:18 +0000 http://www.andrewshouts.com/?p=1907#comment-644 If so, what should we do? If so, what should we do?

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