EDIT: The opinion below isn't mine, I'm cool with the signing. Some of you are so easy to get a rise out of, LOL. Go surf for some pics of Britney or something, take that edge off.
What do you think of this?
One opinon:
Assuming the photo is accurate, I am disappointed and disgusted by this behavior for two reasons. First, the message invokes an epithet that is extremely insulting to hundreds of thousands of members of the armed forces and the public at large and uses it as a general term of hatred towards America's military enemies. The message also creates a hostile work environment for many servicemen and women and other military employees.
Second, I am concerned about the larger issue presented here. I'm sure that the practice of "signing" bombs is intended to produce some morale-boosting effect for those involved, but I imagine that many such messages tend to express hatred or malice towards the ethnic or national group represented by the enemy. Of course, we wouldn't be bombing people we particularly liked, but I think it's also important to separate America's military objectives from our individual emotional responses to the acts of war that triggered this and other strikes. We must also separate the military targets we are attacking from the people and country that surrounds them. I don't believe the United States Navy hates anyone, and I don't believe it is becoming of Navy personnel to use military equipment to convey a personal message of hatred. That the author chose a phrase that disparaged a group of people unrelated to the current operation - and misspelled a common word in it at that - adds even more embarrassment and insult.
Particularly in this dark hour, the Navy and our country's entire armed forces are representing us with honor around the world. It sickens me that one or more Navy people like the author of the above message would tarnish the image of the many heroes who defend our nation every day.
Can any of you provide me with the Navy's policies, if any, regarding acts by personnel that disparage or degrade others based on sexual orientation, as well as the Navy's policies, if any, regarding "signing" equipment with personal messages such as the one pictured in the above photo?
What do you think of this?
One opinon:
Assuming the photo is accurate, I am disappointed and disgusted by this behavior for two reasons. First, the message invokes an epithet that is extremely insulting to hundreds of thousands of members of the armed forces and the public at large and uses it as a general term of hatred towards America's military enemies. The message also creates a hostile work environment for many servicemen and women and other military employees.
Second, I am concerned about the larger issue presented here. I'm sure that the practice of "signing" bombs is intended to produce some morale-boosting effect for those involved, but I imagine that many such messages tend to express hatred or malice towards the ethnic or national group represented by the enemy. Of course, we wouldn't be bombing people we particularly liked, but I think it's also important to separate America's military objectives from our individual emotional responses to the acts of war that triggered this and other strikes. We must also separate the military targets we are attacking from the people and country that surrounds them. I don't believe the United States Navy hates anyone, and I don't believe it is becoming of Navy personnel to use military equipment to convey a personal message of hatred. That the author chose a phrase that disparaged a group of people unrelated to the current operation - and misspelled a common word in it at that - adds even more embarrassment and insult.
Particularly in this dark hour, the Navy and our country's entire armed forces are representing us with honor around the world. It sickens me that one or more Navy people like the author of the above message would tarnish the image of the many heroes who defend our nation every day.
Can any of you provide me with the Navy's policies, if any, regarding acts by personnel that disparage or degrade others based on sexual orientation, as well as the Navy's policies, if any, regarding "signing" equipment with personal messages such as the one pictured in the above photo?