Yeah. Although there are people who show up to events in full uniform who are fakes, because they want the attention.
Well those two are both covered by fraud law as they were obtaining money by deception which is a bit different from just poncing around in a uniform.
And yet another disingenuous twatwaffle. I stated that I was no lover of war. I also agree that the elites that run our government are culpable in getting us in some of these situations. Go listen to the Five Finger Death Punch song 'No One Gets Left Behind'. My caring about vets isn't for any love / desire for war or love of the sh*ts in DC that get us in trouble, dumbass. It's because I've seen first-hand how war affects the vets and their families. Try having some real compassion for people unlike the pretend sh*t that libs like you self-righteously flaunt.
A guy that lived on my street growing up was a Korean war PoW. My dad was a Marine in WW2 and rarely said anything to my sibs and I about it; he told more stuff to my nieces and nephews. Dad of my older brothers' best friend growing up was an alcoholic mess from being in ww2. My cousin was a scout in 'nam. He came home kinda messed up and my POS uncle threw him out when my cuz tried to talk to him about it. One of the few people that my cuz could talk to was my dad. My cousin lost her husband in Baghdad 14 years ago; he was literally blown up.
So saawwwrrrryy I offended your self-righteous, holier-than-thou lib BS sensibilities, little boy. Go give your Bernie doll head and pray for free sh*t like a good little boy.
Is that really a problem though? I mean, yes, it's pretty sad but it's not really causing any hardship to anyone else.Yeah. Although there are people who show up to events in full uniform who are fakes, because they want the attention.
I was forced to set foot in Florida due to a family vacation. Upon landing there, one of the flight attendants with a breathy southern drawl got on the PA and started going on about thanking any active military and veterans on the plane, god bless our troops, fighting for our freedom, bunch of dumbass cliches. My girlfriend and I were sitting there looking aghast at each other wondering why we were being subjected to such cringeworthy inanity when she finally finished ... and to our surprise most of the plane broke out into applause. Brainwashed indeed, it was disturbing as hell.
If you didn't oppose the Iraq war you are absolutely a lover of war.
I'm a Vietnam vet...I'd MUCH rather see what you described than what we got when we came home..
Why is thanking military people for their service strange?
Oh, you poor poor child! So sad you had to endure that! I'm no lover of the extreme right wing and most definitely no lover of war (as I've witnessed first-hand what being in war cost the vets of WW2, Korea, and Vietnam), but it's people like you that make me hope that your selfish, ungrateful kind (like blackjack) never take over this country.
Thanks to the 2005 Stolen Valor Act, it has become a federal offense to wear military medals or a military uniform as a fashion statement (or even to make false claim to the right to wear them)....
It is also a federal offense to pose as a military member in a setting such as an Internet chat room as well as in person. For instance, a man posing as a military member to impress a female could be prosecuted./
In United States v. Alvarez the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 28, 2012, that the Stolen Valor Act was an unconstitutional abridgment of the freedom of speech under the First Amendment, striking down the law in a 6 to 3 decision.
I wear the shirt/jacket when it gets cool. The pockets are very useful. The ACU jacket has the nifty arm pockets, as well as pencil pockets on the lower sleeve. Cell goes on the left arm, wallet on the right. BDU jacket has the four huge pockets that aren't especially clever, but hold a ton of stuff. I wish the ACU jacket had the lower bellows pockets. I know why they don't(heat retention), but I'm not sure the lack of utility outweighs the slight heat reduction.I haven't tried the shirts as they look a bit hot for the desert.
I see your point, but it is not quite that simple. I agree the Iraq was was totally unjustified. However, one joins the armed forces not knowing what he will be ordered to do. What would you have someone do who was in the army, opposed to the Iraq or some other war, but is ordered to go? Quite a dilemma, no?? Do you go and support a cause you think is not just, or do you refuse and perhaps ruin the rest of you life by disobeying a direct order. Easy to say one should follow his conscience, but not so easy when it comes to doing it. So are we supposed to withhold support to someone who was ordered to fight in a war we, or even the soldier himself thinks unjust? I dont think so. OTOH, I am somewhat put off by someone saying "thank you for your service" to a stranger they dont even know. I think that acknowledgement should be reserved for people you know and are aware of what they did.You cannot thank "troops" without making an implicit value judgment on what it is the "troops" are doing. Saying "I'm no lover of war" and then supporting every war is meaningless. If you didn't oppose the Iraq war you are absolutely a lover of war.
Yeah, talking about other people's suffering to try to claim authority for your arguments is definitely not stealing valor.
I agree with you that someone in this thread sounds offended.
Is that really a problem though? I mean, yes, it's pretty sad but it's not really causing any hardship to anyone else.
I see your point, but it is not quite that simple. I agree the Iraq was was totally unjustified. However, one joins the armed forces not knowing what he will be ordered to do. What would you have someone do who was in the army, opposed to the Iraq or some other war, but is ordered to go? Quite a dilemma, no?? Do you go and support a cause you think is not just, or do you refuse and perhaps ruin the rest of you life by disobeying a direct order. Easy to say one should follow his conscience, but not so easy when it comes to doing it. So are we supposed to withhold support to someone who was ordered to fight in a war we, or even the soldier himself thinks unjust? I dont think so. OTOH, I am somewhat put off by someone saying "thank you for your service" to a stranger they dont even know. I think that acknowledgement should be reserved for people you know and are aware of what they did.
Ironically, now that members of the armed services are volunteers, and not forced to join, they are highly respected, while during the Vietnam war, when one had no choice but to go, they were pretty much universally hated.
OP asked if it was disrespectful. Wearing camo & stuff, meh. Faking a full uniform outside of Halloween? I'd say yeah.
Is it disrespectful if I wear a Washington Nationals uniform while I walk down the street?
Nope, just silly unless you're on the team in which case, carry on.Is it disrespectful if I wear a Washington Nationals uniform while I walk down the street?
That shithole doesn't deserve a handshake or thanks from me.
Was I wrong @ 10 years old?