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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 03:17 PM Original message |
Lesbian U.S. deserter case must be reviewed: (Canadian) court |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. Why did she desert? |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 05:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. maybe because she has principles... |
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24601 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 07:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. That doesn't sound like a complete understanding of the "rule" |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Complying with DADT because she refuses to break rules |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I think the violation of someone's basic human rights, and threatening their safety... |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. In the military desertion trumps DADT |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. actually she was being harrassed. read the article. that was her main contention |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Then come out and be discharged |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 10:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. if you are already being harrassed for being gay, do you think coming out is safe? |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 10:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. What do you think happens in a DADT scenario? |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 11:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. this person was already claiming harm. dont you get that? coming out may have put them |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. The very worst aspect of DADT in a practical sense |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 06:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. It follows principals and |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. so it's ok for homosexuals to be second class citizens? |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 12:43 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Of course not. DADT needs to end, as does the harassment. |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 08:15 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Because she felt her rights were being violated when she tried not to break the code. |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Desertion is also a code violation, no? |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 07:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. yes, that's what I've been trying to say |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 03:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. i think it had more to do with her safety |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 07:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. A problem with your statement. |
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iris27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 01:16 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. "Telling" gets you dishonorable discharge...desertion usually gets |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 08:17 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. *banging head against all* |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. Maybe she was trying to avoid injury to her person. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 03:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. because she was already being harrassed? as she stated. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
15. i wonder if people read this article. she didnt just leave because she wanted out of the army |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 07:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Judging by the replies |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 08:02 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. what else is new. if i am already threatened because think i am gay, clearly my coming out in |
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