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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2012-12-17 07:26 pm

[ SECRET POST #2176 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2176 ⌋

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Re: Non-fandom confessions/unpopular opinions!

(Anonymous) 2012-12-18 09:25 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not sure I buy into the automatic respect for soldiers, either. If they do something genuinely heroic or did a thing during their service that was honorable and noteworthy, sure. But military service itself shouldn't automatically qualify a person for heroism. Why does our culture think it does? Because it's dangerous? There are plenty of dangerous jobs that our society doesn't glorify, and in fact downright degrades. Being an oil rig worker is dangerous. Working the graveyard shift at a gas station is dangerous. People can and do die violently in those jobs, but we don't celebrate or honor them.

Is it because they're serving the country? If so, I still disagree, because many of them are not actually performing a necessary service. We are not being attacked. If we were attacked by an opposing army and someone signed up to serve in the military, I'd respect the hell out of them. But only some of the military personnel serving today are occupying positions necessary for our country's safety. Others are in positions that are unnecessary or even actively harmful. They don't get a blanket stamp of approval.