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Berkeley and the Marines
JazzyJoe:
I am lower middle class. My parents are local missionaries so I basically support myself for everything besides shelter since it just wouldn't be possible for me to live on my own now... that is without working too many horrible jobs only to afford a terrible, small apartment. One reason why I am going into the military. For what I want to do I might be able to make a decent living... and if my past work history follows me I may be able to make my way through the ranks.
Also sorry for not answering earlier... this forum layout is causing me to miss a few posts here or there. I am new here... meh...
KharBevNor:
So, you live with your parents.
And you can't personally be bothered to work your way up the economic ladder the hard way.
Interesting.
JazzyJoe:
--- Quote from: KharBevNor on 19 Feb 2008, 17:14 ---So, you live with your parents.
And you can't personally be bothered to work your way up the economic ladder the hard way.
Interesting.
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I am working my way up the ladder. I just promised myself I wouldn't end up at a desk when I was about 12. Hence... military...
a pack of wolves:
--- Quote from: KharBevNor on 19 Feb 2008, 16:52 ---You get out of prison, you've got no money, you've got nowhere to live because you could never get on the property ladder**, you can't get a loan because you've got a criminal record, you can't get a decent job, your only viable solution, really, is to commit more crimes.
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You're also quite possibly also institutionalised, or have a serious substance abuse problem, or severe mental health problems. Prison has to be the single most blatant example of why taking revenge on people who transgress is a really, really, titanically bad idea. The concept of taking people who in a large amount of cases are already screwed up and placing them for an extended period in an environment which is practically guaranteed to horrifically damage their minds, and then send them back into a society which has been conditioned to treat them even more poorly than before they went in is utterly insane to me. The last time I did vote it was for the Green party, but not because of their environmental policies (which were ok, if a bit wishy-washy). It was because they promised prison reform.
Sox:
Please, this thread is doing you no harm. If you don't like it, don't read it. The fact it's active on the front page shouldn't bother you. A good portion of the negativity in this thread is from people needlessly calling out for locks and/or complaining about the thread seemingly for no other reason other than that they dislike the discussion of 'heavy' issues.
Take the negativity to some other place.
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