These are three different topics, but I decided to only make one thread so I'm not spamming the forums.

Topic 1: After my first AROTC(Army Reserve Officer Training Corps(I think)) classes and lab, which was basically a little party, I am quite sure I'm not going to come out of ROTC the same. Probably the most intimidating thing is being new(most of the other greenies have had J(Junior)ROTC experience, where I have not) and not knowing some of the acronyms and procedures they do. My sergeant assured me that it is easier to teach a fresh recruit that knows nothing than a fresh recruit that thinks he already knows the ins and outs of the military. In any case, I think I'm going to have to pick up on whatever they teach me as quickly as possible.

When I went in the first day, I expected all the officers and NCO's(to a lesser extent) to be real hard ***es. The Sergeant that is teaching my class is the most friendly guy I have ever met. Even more suprising is he used to be a drill sergeant.


Topic 2: During the time the colonies declared their independence from Britain (late 1700's), was this the same time the House of Commons started to or already had acquired most if not all of the political power in the government? I remember learning from somewhere that it wasn't the king that had done the things described in the Declaration of Indepence(such as taxation without representation and giving british soldiers immunity from going to jail if they committed a crime), but has been the Parliament that had done those things. I would like to know because this would help in a theory I have to write for English about why Jefferson wrote the DoI the way he did.

Topic 3: Today at school there was a woman going around with a petition to sign. Now this petition was about the bookstore at the university(which also sells art supplies, computers, etc) selling magazines like Stuff, Maxim, and Playboy. I told her "I don't care" but I wanted to cuss her out. These are the reasons this is ridiculous.

They aren't selling these magazines in the bookstore itself. They are selling them through mail order and that is more than I can say about local grocery stores which put them out in the open in the magazine rack and a lot more people go to the grocery store. Why isn't she going after them?

The university bookstore wasn't promoting those magazines with banners like "Get your porn here!" It was just on a little newpaper material with all the other magazines that you could mail order like Time and People.

The only magazine there that had full nudity was Playboy(actually, I don't know if Maxim is full nudity or not). I know Stuff is just scantily clad oiled women. That's not even porn.

This is my main argument. We at the university are adults. We can make our own choice of what we want to see and what not to see. If we are going to have our responsibilities as legal adults, then let us have our god damned privileges too. Just because she doesn't like the sight of a few soft core and quasi-porn magazines on the mail order magazine list she might see twice a year(don't get me wrong, she has every right not to like it) doesn't mean she has the right to **** the rest of us over. I'm tired of American society conforming to the sensitivities of the few at the cost of the liberties of the many. This woman wasn't even a student or faculty member at the school. It's not her duty to be the Modesty Police, especially in places where she has no more of an interest in the university than making other people live under her morales.

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The easiest way to kill a soldier is to make his commanding officer a politician.

Last year I had MCJROTC(Marine Corp). I achieved the rank of Lance Corporal and was awarded the four ribbons and one medal, I was definitely the most decorated lance corporal. My teacher was a retired marine F-18 pilot and a Major. He was really down on the army, whenever some asked for something nice he would say "What the hell do you think this is? The army?"

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Topic 2 -

No, it was the Magna Carta in 1215 that brought about change to the monarchy, limiting the power of the King, and giving Parliament real powers to challenge him. Since then, the importance and usefulness of Parliament fluctuated until 1547 when Henry VIII drastically enhanced the importance of Parliament during the English Reformation. He gave permission for the members of the commons to meet at St. Stephen's Chapel, in the Palace of Westminster. The House of Lords was the Upper House, and the House of Commons was the Lower House. Since then, the balance of power shifted to the Commons.
In 1800, the Act of Union increased the members of the Commons from 558 to 658 (even though the Chapel only had 427 seats!). I don't think the American revolution really inspired any significant change in British domestic policy. The House of Commons was well established centuries before then.

I'm not concerned if the DoI influenced British politics. I'm wondering if British politics influenced the DoI. During Colonial America, was the House of Commons the main law making governmental body?

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The easiest way to kill a soldier is to make his commanding officer a politician.

[This message has been edited by Kieran Horn (edited September 02, 2004).]

I'm far too battered to read/take in all that, but if there's one acronym you should learn for OTC it's 'TLA'.

Three letter abreviation.

Have a good time, I'm off to sleep!

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If at first you don't succeed, lower your standards.

...so your not going to tell me what TLA is?

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The easiest way to kill a soldier is to make his commanding officer a politician.

*rimshot*

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Too pissed to figure out if you're ripping the piss or just unobservant

/Me hugs the many beers...

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If at first you don't succeed, lower your standards.

I'm pretty sure he did

"No taxation without representation" was a common saying in the colonies during the Revolutionary War. It was parliment that was taxing the hell out of the colonies. Not that King George hd a problem with it.

As for the magazines, I agree with you

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When I visited Europe, many times, the "adult" magazines were placed next to the regular magazines. And the contents of the covers of these mags were easily seen. Now in America, that would be strictly unacceptable. Hell, a boob that flashed on television during the Super Bowl created a riot.

I wonder why Europe is not as strict as America about these matter.

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....oh jesus christ, I can't believe I didn't see that. I was expecting something profound. Why the hell do I need to know that TLA stands for three letter abbreviation?

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The easiest way to kill a soldier is to make his commanding officer a politician.

Because if you're going into the OTC you'll be under a daily barrage of unnecessary TLAs, and it will become a running joke

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If at first you don't succeed, lower your standards.