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Originally Posted by luqmaninbmore
Why should we be trying to comfort people who willingly participated in act of unprovoked aggression against another country (i.e. Iraq)? Unless of course you want to send them copies of "On the Duties of. Civil Disobedience" or Haldeman's "Forever War." Or maybe "Slaughter-House Five."
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you can go f*ck yourself
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Originally Posted by bjrnfrdnnd
Assuming that many soldiers perceive their actions not as an aggression
but as an action of patriotism (whatever that means) and also as an act
of actually democracy building, I would think that supporting the troops
is not always a bad act.
I do think, however, that soldiers that are abroad, and acting in war-like
situations, are paid exceptionally well compared to a large number of other
people.
So, while I agree that a soldier in a war-like environment does profit from
ereaders and ebooks stored on the device, simply because it allows him/her
to carry around reading material that would be otherwise impossible,
I do think that soldiers have ample resources in order to provide themselves
with these reading material.
I do think, on the other hand, that making ebooks available to the more disadvantaged, such as unemployed or old people, who lack the money to
provide themselves with such material, is of much more importance.
I would amply support any such movement.
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many of these troops are supporting families back at home for one. the next reason that they should be supported in fashions such as this is that for the first time in US Military history, soldiers are being allowed (even encouraged) to modify and supplement their issued items in the field to add comfort and safety. that gets spendy. and lastly, even the smallest gestures makes these kids who are far far from home feel like someone still cares.