I want to enlist.

[Sejs Cube]

It seemed succinct enough, yes.

I could've gone on about how you'll have experiences you'd otherwise miss out on, how a life lived in fear of risk is no life at all, or how when you're 40 you'll look back on your years spent in the service as valuable and character-forming.

But I figured that had already been covered by other posters.

 

[gamefreakbsp]

Since you want to go into the reserves it doesn't matter what branch you are going into. You aren't doing anything useful anyway.

 

[Mad World]

If I he loves it then I am not sorry that he loves it.

Oh. I see.

Well, I still think it (clearly) is a negative thing. This is because of how he views the world.

No you didn't.

Actually, I did. My religion is the primary reason for why I believe what I believe; therefore, I felt it necessary to mention it.

You stated that it wasn't your moral code, it was god's.In order for god to have a moral code, he must exist. By telling us that the existence of god was a fact and then telling us that god doesn't have to exist in our realities, you have just told us that we do not have to believe in god, but we do have to believe in his "moral code" and therefore believe in him.

I was simply saying that even if you don't believe in God, you should be able to understand where I'm coming from.

I just stated that I understand that I think what I think, just as you stated you do. If you cannot comprehend me stating the exact same thing that you have stated, then you therefore did not comprehend what you had posted. If you don't understand what you are saying, I would kindly advise that you refrain from saying it.

I said, "But, do understand why I think what I think." I didn't say, "But, I do understand why I think what I think."

Either I made a mistake and didn't rectify my post in time, or you - somehow - misquoted me.

I read my post as: "But, do understand why I think what I think." Then, I read your reply as, "So do I."

So, that's what caused the confusion, I guess.

 

[SupaMechaDeathChrist]

Canada doesn't fight in any wars, so I guess you don't have to worry about that ...

we are in afghanistan right now, and we've lost just over 130 soldiers and god knows how many wounded since our involvement, so you shut the fuck up.


on topic, subsidized education through the armed forces means they pay for tuition and supplies, and you are paid regular service wages the entire time of your education. but be warned, for every month of subsidized education, there is 2 months of required regular service, where you can be deployed to troubled spots. but if this is what you want to do, by all means go ahead. i'm planning on my ROTP through the combat engineers in EME (electrical and mechanical engineering), but it sounds like your thing is more with the infantry or, if you work at it, the rangers. maybe a career in CANSOFCOM if you can make it.

hey try being in america, we have a war....like every few years after a war ends. and if you aren't a patriot the other patriots will beat the living fuck outa ya, so yeah i would rather be Canadian and have less wars on our agenda then america and over 5-20 years we start up another war.

on topic, i know someone else said it but i suggest training for a sniper posistion, for every reason he had, i just recomend u do at least one year of hunting so you can get the feel of using a scoped weapon, and using a weapon. just it's not on terrorists, or pirates, it's on out fluffy does

 

[SantoUno]

I don't think you should ask for help here, better to talk to people in real life who know about this stuff.

 

[Mad World]

I'm fairly certain you just called me mentally impaired.
Which was a mistake on your part.
I'm emotionally impaired.

Sorry. My mistake.

Which lends an interesting clarity to the world, incidentally.
If you would all just stop feeling so damn much, I can guarantee that 90% of all violence would just vanish.

What causes you to believe that?

Well, I certainly don't believe he did, but not for the same reasons as you.
Regardless, I think my existence disproves the existence of a kind and caring god.
What such being would allow me to live?

Your existence most definitely does not disprove God's existence; God gave us all freewill. God allows you to make whatever choices you please, whether they be good or bad.

I am exceptionally aware.
But I do not think "good" and "evil" have objective meanings.
My actions may seem evil to the people I'm perpetrating them against, but I'm sure the Nazis thought the Allies were evil as well.

Did I just compare victims of my abuse to the Nazis?
You bet your hat I did.
Hell has never been so close.

I'm sure many Nazis did think the Allies were evil. But, again, I would - of course - disagree with the Nazis' opinion.

I would, but I have several problems with this idea.
For one, I do not believe in any sort of higher power, so meaning it would be impossible, as that would require me to go directly against my nature - in other words, to have faith.

Also I am fairly certain that if I were to somehow change who I am on a fundamental level, I would start seeing signs everywhere, because I would want to see them.
This is a fairly basic tenant of psychology (I think) and manipulation (I know.)

FUN FACT: That is how fortune tellers and other such people get folk to believe they're possessed of INCREDIBLE POWERS.

They just tell them what they want to hear, in an extremely vague way, naturally.
The listener fills in all the missing pieces and believes the teller knew them all along.

It's actually quite interesting, but probably a little off topic.

Maybe you would see many signs - maybe you wouldn't. But, if you would, that wouldn't have to mean they were all untrue - that they were all made up by your mind.

I honestly don't remember what this was in response too.
I'll have to look.

...Okay, I can't find it.
You're gonna have to start being a bit more specific.

I simply want to know why you believe what you believe.

Yeah, well, you don't live here.
See previous statement about how our educational system sucks.

I'm sure your educational system is very similar to ours. I'm sure it has its positive aspects and its negative ones, but I could be wrong.

I've heard that American secondary schools rely more heavily on standardized tests, while Canadian schools look at tests, too, but also at other things, such as extracurricular activities. Is that true about American schools?

I'll have to look more into the American educational system.

 

[Nadlice]

Flufflybacon, Madworld and Max.....
Please continue, this is quite fun to read.
Also, I'm a second Max about the praying thing, without faith praying has no point, and with faith praying just deludes you. Not to say that's a bad thing, who doesn't want to think they have a cool little friend in the sky.

I would be horrible at arguing if it wasn't for such entertaining while intelligent role models.

 

[The Hairminator]

I'm thinking about joining too, although I don't really have a choice.
I live in Sweden, here they could take me against my will if they want me, and there is nothing I could do to make them take me if they don't.

 

[SupaMechaDeathChrist]

Isn't Canada a capitalist nation? I know its more left than America, but so is just about everyone these days.

If its a socialist nation and I'm just ignorant about it, then go ahead and join.

If its a capitalist nation, I don't see why a good commie like yourself would join.

Canada is capitalist, but in the event of invasion I want to protect the people I care about.

......doesn't capitalist mean that their is democracy? and so ......if he is a commie, then america is commie, and america is communist, then every social studies lesson i learned about the cold was is shit.

 

[A Weary Exile]

I'm thinking about joining too, although I don't really have a choice.
I live in Sweden, here they could take me against my will if they want me, and there is nothing I could do to make them take me if they don't.

That sucks donkey balls. Rebel? Viva la revolucion?