Seriously. I enlisted at 17 and one of my buddies in Basic took a bullet to the head 6 months after we graduated. He was 18 at the time. He was old enough to make the decision to put his life on the line but too young to decide what to put in his body. That’s the Federal Government for you. Old enough to die, not old enough to make decisions
When I was a kid, any time I heard people talking about veterans, I used to always have this image of old men in their 50s in my head. I always thought veterans were from things like the vietnam war, they were older and had probably been in the army for years. Idk the best way to word it but it really mindfucked me when I realised that veterans are people my age, or sometimes even younger. I think it's just very sad honestly, it really gets me down thinking about it.
grafter8 on November 12nd, 2017 at 01:48 UTC »
No. Shit.
They're either old enough for all of it or they aren't. Raise the age to enlist or lower the age to drink.
goosetheboss1 on November 12nd, 2017 at 01:52 UTC »
Seriously. I enlisted at 17 and one of my buddies in Basic took a bullet to the head 6 months after we graduated. He was 18 at the time. He was old enough to make the decision to put his life on the line but too young to decide what to put in his body. That’s the Federal Government for you. Old enough to die, not old enough to make decisions
DeathByOnions on November 12nd, 2017 at 06:35 UTC »
When I was a kid, any time I heard people talking about veterans, I used to always have this image of old men in their 50s in my head. I always thought veterans were from things like the vietnam war, they were older and had probably been in the army for years. Idk the best way to word it but it really mindfucked me when I realised that veterans are people my age, or sometimes even younger. I think it's just very sad honestly, it really gets me down thinking about it.