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• Charlie Stross commented on Novels I will not write: Jesus wants his kidney back
  It's worth noting that while DADT has been in effect the US military has been involved in at least three major conflicts and innumerable smaller ones: Iraq (1) and Iraq (2) and Afghanistan as major ones, actions in places like Somalia as minor. You'd think unit cohesion would be high, wouldn't you?...
• brucecohenpdx commented on Novels I will not write: Jesus wants his kidney back
  I don't know how much my own experience in Vietnam in a largely conscript service matches what's happening now in an all volunteer force, but I can tell you that despite homosexuality being an explicit way to get out of being drafted there were a lot of gays in the US Army then, and most of us didn't give a rat's ass about it. In the unit I was in incountry there were a number of gays who were well known, and I don't think even one of them was ever disciplined for it. In part it may have been...
• davharris commented on Novels I will not write: Jesus wants his kidney back
  "So long as they held the proper belief at the proper time, they're in good shape." Uncomfortably close to "Nineteen Eight-Four". Eurasia has always been at war with Eastasia....
• brucecohenpdx commented on Novels I will not write: Jesus wants his kidney back
  There is no difference between theology and law. Sure there is. In a non-theocratically-governed society we can ignore theology if we choose and not be harmed. Try ignoring tax law (unless you have a hell of a lot of money for tax lawyers) and see how that works for you. As a citizen of the US I can call bullshit on the Pope and nobody will come to take me away; calling bullshit on the president should have the same effect, but, depending on the president and my local police, it may not (the Patriot Act, among other things, gives...
• bellinghman commented on Novels I will not write: Jesus wants his kidney back
  SPAM ALERT "body lift guide" at 264 (repeats post 244)...