Desperate For Recruits -- Military Pop-ups on Youth Sites!!!

[Peter Frank]

Go to http://lyrics.com and see of you don't get this pop-up as well -- http://www.military.com/Careers/Home/0,13373,,00.html?ESRC=vc_car.op&np=1

Next -- we'll recruit pre-teens.

[aquart]

1. They've had those pop-ups on SoapZone for over a year.

[Peter Frank]

2. So, what's your point?

Do you think that this should not be pointed out now because you've already seen it a year ago!?

The young a very impressionable -- and prone to idealism. There's a huge difference between idealism and ideology.

I'll just take your conveniantly dismissive attitude as an OK for military recruiters to suck in all the vulnerable today; and allow our young people to fend for themselves in a huge ideological battle for souls -- far larger a battle than the desired recruits can comprehend.

Let's abandon our children.

[Peter Frank]

3. That's O.K. --

They're on their own now; & I didn't much agree with them when they were around.

[aquart]

6. What a bizarre response.

I put up material supporting yours and you attack me. Weird.

SoapZone is a site appealing to young women. I was rather shocked to see the military material there. I posted it on DU AT THE TIME. (Especially since any regular reader of SoapZone content would know those women were vehemently anti-Bush and anti-Iraq war.) You just noticed that it's being placed in other places the young congregate and you pointed it out, just as I did when I found it.

So why are you attacking me again?

[Peter Frank]

7. My apologies...

I was up late, and just so angered by the pop-up that I took your response wrong.

Forgive me for the short fused response.

[aquart]

8. Accepted.

[Peter Frank]

9. Thank you... nt

[Peter Frank]

4. And let me as you this...

Do you have any loved ones in harm's way in Iraq? Trust me when I say that I will be able to detect if you tell the truth.

[LiberalPersona]

5. Of course they're desperate

It was pretty obvious when they started with all the campaigning on tv. Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force have all shown a number of commercials on television plus they're releasing an America's Army video game for the PS2 and XBox (which is obviously a scheme to attract recruits if you've seen the commercial for the game).