07-01-2003, 04:02 PM | #101 | |
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As for sports... I don't know. I have a couple gay friends and I used to workout with one and of course we were in the locker room together but it never bothered me. But I could see how others could be bothered by it. BTW, I in regards to Majik's statement about Women in combat. I wouldn't have a problem with a all female combat unit. They'd be the nastiest fighting unit in the world! I sure wouldn't want to fight them. I've always said that females were the more vicious of the species!!!
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07-01-2003, 04:11 PM | #102 | |
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I agree with ya there Sir T [img]smile.gif[/img] Oh and its a G not a J My comments were about mixed men and women fighting forces. [ 07-01-2003, 04:12 PM: Message edited by: MagiK ] |
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07-01-2003, 04:31 PM | #103 |
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It's any tension that can destroy unit cohesion. Two troops fighting over the same lover, a troop's personal hygene habits, ethnic background (this is much improving thankfully), social status .... whatever. When the seeds of discord are planted - a unit is destroyed, metaphorically and often phycially on the battlefield. Some group divisions are natural and benign, others tear a unit apart. Until over all society changes though things will not change in the service.
Just a note, sexual tensions (homo, hetero) are the most destructive.
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07-02-2003, 07:50 AM | #104 | |
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The most significant difference (obviously) is that discord among members of a sports team is NOT going jeapordize the lives of the other members in the heat of a game. Teammates may not get along all the time...and some may even downright hate one of their teammates, but that still isn't going to pose a life-threatening risk to either one during their games. Secondly, members of a sports team do not live together 24/7. If there is a fight or an argument in the locker room (before or after a game), the two can get in their cars and go their separate ways. In the military, the two still have to share the same barracks, so the tension never has a chance to dissipate. As for your question about whether straight people really believe all gays are "sex freaks", Timber answered that very well. I know from experience that most gays are not "sex freaks" any more than most hetero's aren't. I also know that some are "flaming gays" (as Timber mentioned and I have the same disrespect for them that I do for the guy making lewd cat-calls at every woman he sees. In other words, I don't expect gay people to be any more (or less) of a "sex freak" than anybody else...but as our esteemed lawyer pointed out, I think it would be reasonable to assume that any woman other than my wife would feel "uncomfortable" sharing a shower with me, even if neither of us felt any type of attraction for the other. {And I would feel extremely uncomfortable in that same situation. In addition to the normal embarassment of the situation, I'm afraid the lady would face a significant risk of drowning from laughing so hard. }
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