>I know and I wasn't calling
>YOU pitiful, just the excuse.
> It is an excuse
>that is commonly spoken but
>largely known.

I didn't take it personally...I was just sayin...


>>Where's that school of yours when
>>we need it...
>>
>>
>Working on it.

:)


>Overall it depends
>on the person and their
>experiences in prison or the
>military.

very true.


>Also my uncles
>are some of the most
>pitiful, gung-ho, American negroes around.
> Needless to say my
>brother and I (both have
>locks) are BLACK SHEEP of
>my mother's side of the
>family. One of my uncles
>almost fought me when I
>told him how gross America
>is.
>
>"Don't you talk about America! This
>country has been DAMN good
>to me!"
>
>Damn shame.

yeah, I hate to see that too. My father is a Vietnam vet, and I think he's very conflicted. I think he largely joined the military to get away from his family. And while he has that loyalty that was burned into his brain at basic training, he still saw how Black soldiers were treated in Nam, knows he was probably exposed to Agent Orange, etc.

He was also a cop for years, but he was pissed as hell when Diallo got killed. And he's always talking about how the profession is getting a bad rap from renegade cops.

I hate to see that war going on inside him sometimes, but I'm happy as hell that he's not completely blinded.


>>Not understanding what you hate is
>>some dangerous shit, Solarus. All
>>it does is keep that
>>revolving door going. Unless they
>>can pick up some serious
>>knowledge while they're locked down.
>>
>
>True but there is more opportunity
>to realize the TRUTH than
>a person who is complacent
>living in the false reality
>of life on the military
>base.

can't argue with that...


>>Still, I can't choose the prison
>>path over the cop/military one.
>>Both are abhorrent to me.
>>
>
>I can't choose either but it
>is more likely that I
>would (could) connect with a
>former prisoner versus a former
>military man.

understood.


>But On that same token my
>father joined the military with
>the same uncle that I
>discussed before. My father was
>"honorably discharged." He really wasn't
>big on authority but stayed
>in it long enough to
>get a good job with
>the post office. So
>there is always hope, but
>we have to take it
>person by person...

True.

peace

L.

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Ignorance: The Verbal Airborne Disease" (c) my friend Ty